I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.

A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself.

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

The essence of cinema is editing.

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 found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.

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.