I sometimes worry that all the beautiful things have been made.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
We all approached doing a sequel with great trepidation and skepticism.
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
I was concerned about doing a sequel and repeating myself. That was before I read the script.
People tend to fear the ghosts in their own family. You feel these family curses and think, 'If it happened to my father, it could happen to me.'
One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
I am a little wary of entering another situation where I would just be another director for hire and I've been doing this in one form or another since I was twenty-two doing documentaries for PBS and HBO.
You always have that moment where you grow up and you're like, "Oh, my god, I'm being exactly like my mother." I think that's everyone's greatest hope and worst fear.
Everything I do feels like It's going to end up being in Radiohead.
I don't want to end up like my mom. That's my biggest fear in life.
Sometimes I just wonder if I'm being led by variety. If one film leads me down one path, sometimes I just want to turn around and head the opposite way for the next project. I hope that's not the case, but sometimes I suspect that.
