I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.

I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.

I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think: 'This seems quite good, a bit familiar.' Then I realise … It's one of my movies. It's a pretty odd feeling.

It doesn't matter what the technology is - no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway.

I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.

The films that I do tend to polarise people's views.

Film-making is a physically hard job.