I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.

The human race is fundamentally insane. If you put two of us into a room together we're soon gonna start figuring out good reasons to kill one another.

To me, length is an artificial and arbitrary factor in a film.

The Exorcist' is amazing because it recognizes that silences can be as powerful as sound effects.

Boy, I'd hate to shoot on tape or disc or whatever the hell they're talking about. I love film.

I think once you've finished a movie you really have to detach from it so that you can come back and watch it as an audience member.

I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.