I've always liked the minds of criminals, they seem similar to artists.

I didn't have any set idea of what kind of filmmaker I wanted to be. I knew I wanted to tell stories that meant something to me, but I never said I was going to be the weird, avant-garde guy.

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

I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles.

There are a million ideas in a world of stories. Humans are storytelling animals. Everything's a story, everyone's got stories, we're perceiving stories, we're interested in stories. So to me, the big nut to crack is to how to tell a story, what's the right way to tell a particular story.

It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.

The idea is to remain in a state of constant departure, while always arriving.