I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.

I'm hoping one day I can make one really good film.

The worst thing for people to say about your movies is, "Yeah, it was pretty good, but it was too damn long.".

In a general sense, to convert any short story, novel, play, or opera into a movie, you have to re-rig it. Even though they're all narratives over time, they're very different forms.

There is an audience out there for literate films - slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made.

A lot of people get stuck, like, "Oh, if it's made by a studio, it can't be independent." Often they link it to the source of financing, or how it's distributed, but I don't really know how you can. A filmmaker will take his money from anywhere. It doesn't matter.