I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.

As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.

My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the 'Bad Day at Black Rock' laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.

It felt like the first thing, but when I first started out, I got a job adapting a book by Russell Banks called 'Rule Of The Bone.' I didn't do a very good job. I didn't really know what I was doing in general, let alone how to adapt a book.

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.