I always work only with friends, but it must be about them and myself. Because I film only very personal moments, nothing preplanned, staged or written, it has to be real and spontaneous. Some of them have become famous, some are not yet famous, some will never be famous. But they are all my friends.

I make home movies-therefore I live. I live - therefore I make home movies.

I began writing poetry when I was about 10. Bad poetry, but you start with bad poetry.

You have the possibility to give light a dimension in time.

For an artist, to be normal is a disaster

For me, to catch, to celebrate the reality and life and friends and everything around me the very moment it happens - that's what is, that's what I'm possessed by.

The deeper I went into culture, the more confused I got. So I needed something more real. I said, "Okay, from now on, my country will be cinema."