During the curfew, whoever went out, the people were watching you. Any Japanese home, there was some person figuring he's a GOOD American citizen by doing his duty, and they were watching every MOVE each FAMILY were doin'. Or if they went out, they followed them to SEE where they were goin'.

At LEAST I want to be MAKING films that are somehow BORN out of me that are stories I want to TELL. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film EXPERIENCE that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.

I just HEAR a beat and START mumbling words. I just hear sounds and rhythms, and it just KIND of comes intuitively. Formatting a song, figuring out a FLOW, how I RESPOND to the beat.

I'd THINK, 'In a relationship, we should never have his kind of FIGHT.' Then, instead of figuring out how to MAKE it WORK, I looked for a way to GET out of it. The truth is, you shouldn't be married if your that kind of person.

Writing is a PUZZLE you'll SPEND your lifetime unlocking. You will NEVER know it all; you will never know enough. You can always be better, and figuring out how to be better is PART of the thrill and joy of the job.

I'm ALWAYS just grinding and figuring out what ADJUSTMENT I need to make and how to tweak my SWING to where I want it to be for that game and that PITCHER.

During my TIME as a POLITICAL strategist, one of the most vexing problems was figuring out why so many PEOPLE VOTE against their perceived interests.

There's a LOT of new SUBJECT matter to learn. You START SLOWLY peeling the onion and start figuring out how the policy and the politics intersect.

I could have easily said that I don't believe in anything when I came out of the upbringing that I had, but I do still believe that there is something there, and I have a difficult time figuring it out. I SUPPOSE I don't want to be thought of as STUPID or unintelligent because I believe that there's something out there BIGGER than US in the world.

I've been writing PLAYS since the seventies and only CAME to moviemaking when I basically realized that I NEEDED some money to PAY the rent. I started to watch films with an eye to figuring out how to write them.

I've ALWAYS WANTED to PLAY a superhero. It was just about figuring out which one I could actually play.

All of us are BORN with CERTAIN gifts, and the SECRET to success is figuring out what your gift is and using it in a way that BENEFITS others.

I don't have to SPEND a lot of time figuring out, 'Gosh, I WONDER how guys FEEL,' because most EVERY piece of art I look at invites me into that EXPERIENCE.