Spike jonze

Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don't think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes.

I like naps. I don't drink coffee.

If I can make one generalised statement, and generalised statements are never entirely true, nobody wants to be talked down to, kids included.

Emotions are messy and hard to figure out.

I just want to make whatever is exciting.

I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

I definitely enjoy getting to know people I find inspiring.

I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood.