Compelling spectacles are not to reach a niche market, it could be for reaching a niche marketing but on a grand scale. This is for grand marketing.

Any titles, money, or privilege you inherit are actually hindrances. They delude you into believing you are owed respect.

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

I want my movies to play in movie theaters. While festivals can fulfill a part of that, there's nothing like getting a week-long run for your movie. It's becoming increasingly difficult to get that.

Along the way, a lot of filmmakers get rid of things that are messy or don't fit in some ways. To me, I want to work with serendipity and things we happened upon. That's our job, that's what the form demands.

The passive ironic attitude is not cool or romantic, but pathetic and destructive.

Only your hearts be frolic, for the time Craves that we taste of naught but jouissance.