Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.

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.

Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby.

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?

The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready for it.

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

I was excited to discover, in this tale by Eliade, the key themes that I most hope to understand better - time, consciousness and the dream-like basis of reality.