I'm so happy and relieved for the indie spirited film world because ... I don't even know if it's indie, it's just alternative cinema that's just different than what the studios are doing and it's a big variety in that category. Everyone always is complaining about the film industry but I think it's important to acknowledge when it's actually a pretty good time when that comes back around. I'd be remiss not to say, "Hey, it's a pretty good era right now for these reasons," and maybe that doesn't last or maybe it does, but I will acknowledge it.

I'd be fine if there weren't film festivals, and you just made your films and didn't have to do anything from that point on. That would be really great, wouldn't it? I don't know. I'm in kind of an aloof time, where I'm not taking anything too seriously.

I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films.

Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past.

Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.

I'd like to quit thinking of the present as some minor insignificant preamble to something else.

In a sea of stories, find the right one to tell, and the right way to tell it.