I'm in no way suggesting that I succeed, but it's inspiring to read somebody who does succeed and from whom, in a general way, you can draw examples and nourishment and sustenance.

My job as a film editor is to construct a dramatic narrative because otherwise it's just a chaotic arrangement of sequences.

I am bad at cultural generalizations but I would venture to say that by a wide margin there is less hypocrisy about sex in France than in America.

A lot of the issues of rhythm in film are found in the editing because it's very rare that any sequence is the sequence that is shot.

You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every aspect of filmmaking requires choice. The selection of the subject, the shooting, editing and length are all aspects of choice.

I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.

Making movies is an effort is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence.