I don't really know what I want, other than good sequences, whatever that means. What I find is always a matter of chance, judgment, and luck.

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.

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.

I think my movies aren't sentimental. I think my movies are funny and sad and realistic. Not realistic in the sense that they're documentaries, but realistic in the sense that they're not idealistic, they're not optimistic, not pessimistic, and not propagandistic. They're an analysis of a situation. I call it as I see it, so to speak.

I'm very careful of not being critical of other people's movies, which work in different styles. I think some of my movies can be interpreted as critical of their subjects.

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

Whether you're a newspaper journalist, a lawyer, a doctor. You have to organize your thoughts.