Many things happen that we don't know the significance of until a little bit later.

A lot of painters listen to music, I think, while they paint. But I hate to do that. It's a horror. I can't really listen to the music. I'm not really concentrating on it, and I'm not really concentrating on the painting.

Sometimes I get ideas for lyrics in anyplace, but I work a lot in the studio. So I collect little bits of lyrics. I go through the box of lyrics I have and see if something fits.

Making a film is a beautiful mystery. You go deep into the wood, and you don't want to come out of that wood.

The artist does not have to suffer to show suffering.

The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to.

Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too.