Americans don't understand what metaphor in cinema is about. They're extremely good at making straightforward, linear narrative movies, which entertain superbly. But they very rarely do anything else.

I like to think of The Falls as my own personal encyclopedia Greenaway-ensis.

Too many proofs spoil the truth.

There are, after all, approaches to be made other than the dependable routes that massage sentimental expectations and provide easy opportunities for emotional identification.

I've always been fascinated by maps and cartography. A map tells you where you've been, where you are, and where you're going -- in a sense it's three tenses in one.

I got in trouble with the stern-faced Russians who didn't want me to create a guy who is mortal.

We live in a time of excess - excess population, excess information.