When I talk about drugs and alcohol, I'm talking about sex addiction, gambling addiction, eating addiction, throwing-up addiction. I'm not talking about mental illness.

The last day of your life is still going to be a day.

There's a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.

A lifetime isn't long enough to learn how to make films.

I don't need to push myself. I don't need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat. I'm trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.

Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.