I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while.

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it.

When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material.

I made this movie for $40,000, which was this little black-and-white horror film called Dementia 13, which we made in about nine days.

Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial movies, which I enjoy myself, but I wanted to be the kind of filmmaker who wrote original work, sort of like a novelist would who deals with who we are and our times or our relationships.

I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.

Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued.