Teachers are the most important individuals in our society - nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.

In my films, all the great things are put together. It's not like one kind of ice cream but rather a very big Sundae.

No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

I'm aware that dialogue isn't my strength. I use it as a device. I don't particularly like dialogue which is part of the problem.

I want to live where I want to live, and I will make films because I love to make films.

I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.

If I'd have gone to art school, or stayed in anthropology, I probably would have ended up back in film ... Mostly I just followed my inner feelings and passions ... and kept going to where it got warmer and warmer, until it finally got hot ... Everybody has talent. It's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.