The tone of the picture and the atmosphere was in my head and in my blood in a way once I'd decided to make the picture. I had to find my way through that to choose, select, emphasise certain visual elements and sound.

The tone of the picture and the atmosphere was in my head and in my blood in a way once I'd decided to make the picture. I had to find my way through that to choose, select, emphasise certain visual elements and sound.

There's a way that the force of disappointment can be alchemized into something that will paradoxically renew you.

More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down.

I didn't realize there are generations who do not know about the origins of film.

All my life, I never really felt comfortable anywhere in New York, except maybe in an apartment somewhere.

Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.