It has to be very tight to seem loose.

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

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

Monogamy, monotony. There's only a couple of letters...

Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times.

I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't have been seen.

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.