A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.

Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists.

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.

I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.