A panoramic vision of Bob Dylan, his music, his shifting place in American culture, from multiple angles. In fact, reading Sean Wilentz's Bob Dylan in America is as thrilling and surprising as listening to a great Dylan song.

A lot of what I'm obsessed with is the relationship and the dynamics between people and the family, particularly brothers and their father.

Very often I've known people who wouldn't say a word to each other, but they'd go to see movies together and experience life that way.

I grew up in the Lower East Side, an Italian American - more Sicilian, actually.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

I think if you think of yourself as religious and if you're given a gift, some may not think it's that great a gift - some critics. But others might, you know. So you say, look - whether it's good, bad or indifferent, this is what I do.

People want to classify and say, 'OK, this is a gangster film.' 'This is a Western.' 'This is a... ' You know? It's easy to classify and it makes people feel comfortable, but it doesn't matter, it doesn't really matter.