The things you get fired for when you’re young are the same things that you get lifetime achievement awards for when you’re old.

As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.

My talent is that I just try and try and try and try again and little by little it comes to something.

I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets.

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

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.

Always make your work be personal. And, you never have to lie... There is something we know that's connected with beauty and truth. There is something ancient. We know that art is about beauty, and therefore it has to be about truth.