Don't ever let the viewer settle in and get ahead of you.

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

Let's just shoot in black and white. Don't explain why. Have no reason for it. Just do it because it's interesting.

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.

One of the things that I do like about filmmaking is that you find out how to solve new problems.

The clock is impotent; mechanical time does not affect those living in an eternal present.

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