I'm not extremely political. I think everything should be layed out and you can make your own conclusions. As soon as I feel I'm being taught something or preached something, I just glaze over it and I don't want to hear it.

I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the cinematography 25 years later.

My advice: Don't quit. When I got to New York City, I lived so far below the poverty line, because I didn't give in and get a job at 7-Eleven. I think you can thrive in misery.

Short answers seem like you don't care even if you are trying to answer. I get the same flack for my short texting.

Who is this irresistible creature who has an insatiable love for the dead?

If there is one thing that, as a director, you don't want to be a part of, it's a group. It's the same thing with music. I don't want to be a part of a scene. Just leave me alone. It's just my nature, and it's nothing against the people that are in that group, but I just like to be left alone.

Things like that become a blur - shot at some soundstage, somewhere - that's as much as I can remember.