There was an expression of intensity in dance that was so compelling to me that I wanted a piece of that action.

There was an expression of intensity in dance that was so compelling to me that I wanted a piece of that action.

It's easy to attack an artist as misogynist, but that's really such a facile epithet. And if an artist is constantly worrying about how others will judge a work, it can end up being a block to investigating certain areas of human nature or certain truths about sexuality.

I think it's important to make art that is not that easily absorbable, that is a challenge to the authorities.

A good film is always nourishing. It's not about it being hopeful or bleak; it's about how it touches you, how it moves or stirs you.

You have to be polite with your friends and your family, but in your art, it's important to not be polite.

You always feel very vulnerable when you put your work out there. You feel a kind of nakedness. And you expose something of the inner workings of the way you experience life.