Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.

You have to put yourself in a situation, a lifestyle, that makes you do the work. Even if it's a monastery.

I wouldn't presume to be God's point of view.

All I can do is try to do the best work I can. I need to work, I like to work... although I complain about it, but I do like it - and I just need to make the best film I can.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

My father had this mythological sense of the old New York, and he used to tell me stories about these old gangs, particularly the Forty Thieves in the Fourth Ward.

Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle.