If you're not allowed to experiment anymore for fear of being considered self-indulgent or pretentious or what have you, then everyone's going to just stick to the rules - there's not going to be any additional ideas.

The whole reason one wants to do lower budget films is because the lower the budget, the bigger the ideas, the bigger the themes, the more interesting the art.

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

I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission.

There's nothing creative about living within your means.

I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.