A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire.

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi, Mom!

My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-draw ing to other people.

I know a lot of people who have weird specialties that are not taught in schools; they're things that you learn in life.

. . . I wrote a letter to Thomas Pynchon asking, Can I have your permission to try to make an [adaptation] of your book? And I had no idea that he would answer me, because he's pretty elusive. But he did send a letter back that said, Yes, you can do that - as long as the only instrument in the opera is a banjo. I thought, That's an interesting way of saying No.