That subject matter has never left me...The more you're in the material world, the more there is a tendency for a search for serenity and a need to not be distracted by physical elements that are around you.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

I loved the idea of seeing the world through a boy's eyes.

I'm not a Hollywood director. I'm an in spite of Hollywood director.

There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.

There are times when you have to face your enemies, sit down and deal with it.

I always wanted to make a film that had this sort of Chinese-box effect, in which you keep opening it up and opening it up, and finally at the end you're at the beginning.