Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.

If Im diagnosed with cancer I might become despondent, but someone young might not, and they might need connections with somebody outside their circle of family because their family is so despondent.

Apparently there’s this kind of songbird that thinks it dies every time the sun goes down. In the morning, when it wakes up, it’s totally shocked to still be alive—so it sings this really beautiful song.

I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend.

I've always been attracted to temporary families.

Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly.

Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online.