The things that inform student culture are created and controlled by the unseen culture, the sociological aspects of our climbing culture, our 'me' generation, our yuppie culture, our SUVs, or, you know, shopping culture, our war culture.

Narcotics have been systematically scapegoated and demonized. The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is ananathema to these idiots. I predict that in the near future, right wingers will use drug hysteria as a pretext to set up an international police apparatus.

Casting the locals is my primary concern because all the other things you assume will be manageable.

Everything's changing so fast that it's sometimes hard to keep up.

And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography.

I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story.

I'm not being analytical. I just create everything intuitively. If you're too analytical, what you're doing probably ends up being too specific.