Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.

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 had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.

I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.

I always think upon Lee Strasberg with warmth, and reviewing his wisdom is a pleasure.

All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are a number of people that cross-pollinated each other.

A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually.