The job of the writer and the filmmaker is not to impose his vision on the reality, but to be inspired by the reality and create a vision out of that.

I never say "Action" or "Cut." Never. I think that would disturb the life from happening in and around everything.

It's hard for me to say you have to accept that the world is meaningless and the landscape is there before and after. That's not something we learn much in our culture growing up.

We're living in a world that says that if you engage in mass fraud, you'll be rewarded, but if you go down the street and steal an orange juice, you get arrested.

So much can be learned by any filmmaker by studying his work, in terms of blocking, staging, editing and sound.

We're living in a time period where if a kid is on a plastic scooter that's one inch off the ground, mom and dad think he should have a helmet on. I don't think they should have a helmet on. They should break their leg and have an imagination. Otherwise, we're going to have a nation of accountants.

I'm not going to read reviews like, "I have to do these things." Any good criticism makes you think about your own films and about cinema in general.