I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you look at the project and think, 'Gee, there are a lot of good directors who could do that.' I'd like to do something only I can do.

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

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.

So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.

Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.

I was excited to discover, in this tale by Eliade, the key themes that I most hope to understand better - time, consciousness and the dream-like basis of reality.

Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.