Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds.

Film has become a marketed commodity, and the opportunities and audiences for art cinema have grown smaller. There is a general downturn in cultural literacy, perhaps because of television.

When I write, I fall into the zone many writers, painters, musicians, athletes, and craftsmen of all sorts seem to share: In doing something I enjoy and am expert at, deliberate thought falls aside and it is all just THERE. I think of the next word no more than the composer thinks of the next note.

If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars can get a better hearing.

The very fact of snow is such an amazement.

Now I see that all relationships are virtual, even those that take place in person. Whether we use our bodies or a keyboard, it all comes down to two minds crying out from their solitude.