Be brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside.

I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

The problem is that we humans are deep conformists.

I also make movies that can be seen on a small screen, as I shoot on digital video. Hopefully they can be seen small and can live like that.

I think I can do whatever I want with fiction, but the more documentary it is, the better it will be because that's what I'm good at. I'm good at observing people's behavior and putting these unspoken things into movie contexts in ways that other people can sometimes miss.

Mastery is not a function of I.Q. or natural talent or wealthy parents who can send you to the best school, but rather the result of going through a learning process, fueled by the desire to grow and the persistence to push past any obstacles.