I've learned one general thing in filmmaking: to work with one strong idea. One strong concept that pushes you to work in a certain way artistically.
I have a hard time visualizing anything, which is why I'm not a director, and which is why I try to work with ones I know have a strong idea in mind.
Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.
The best time to set up a new discipline is when the idea is strong.
I think that the thing that is really strong with 'The Hunger Games' is just that it comes from a very strong idea.
You have to have a strong idea for a hit movie, a strong core idea that resonates emotionally. It also has to technically achieve its goal - it's got to be well-written, well-paced, and interestingly told.
I generally have a real strong idea or a strong punchline, and I just try to get to it by rambling around, as I don't like to memorize words.
Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it.
