Although knowledge of structure is helpful, real creativity comes from leaps of faith in which you jump to something illogical. But those leaps form the memorable moments in movies and plays.

Most directors have one masterpiece by which they are known. Kurosawa has at least eight or nine.

I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

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.

But who said art has to cost money? And therefore, who says artists have to make money?