I like simplicity; I don't need luxury.

It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important.

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy.

That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others and trying to illuminate modern life, trying to understand life.

I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.

I've been failing for, like, ten or eleven years. When it turns, it'll turn. Right now I'm just trying to squeeze through a very tight financial period, get the movie out, and put my things in order.