I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could do that.

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.

My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

The essence of cinema is editing.

By working in the morning, I find a sense of peace; it's isolated peace, but I can definitely be in touch with my feelings, and then I just start.

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.

The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.