You think it's a blessing to know what God wants? I'll tell you what he wants. He wants to push me over! Can't he see what's inside of me? All my sins.

You think it's a blessing to know what God wants? I'll tell you what he wants. He wants to push me over! Can't he see what's inside of me? All my sins.

There's something wrong - the performance, the weather, the set design, the lighting. Something is not working. And so you say, "Give me 10 minutes." When you're first directing, you're terrified. But when you've been in that situation enough times, you know that under pressure, it will come to you.

There's no escape. I'm God's only man.

I was looking for people who didn't have any preconceptions about films, what I call the "post-rules" generation.

Ultimately, it's an illusion that you can understand yourself.

The secret of the creative life is to feel at ease with your own embarrassment.