I will be making films, and I'm going to keep working, no matter what I have to do. And I don't plan to ever ask for permission from anybody.

I've always been anxious about 'Primer.' There's good things about it, but all I've seen for a long time is the flaws.

I don't spend a lot of time in nature. Probably less than most people that live in urban Texas.

Everybody's saying we've got to go 3D or virtual reality or choose your own adventure. But there are other ways forward. I don't think we're done with film by a long shot.

I came to filmmaking because it's my passion. I decided I can't have it distorted or marred by someone else deciding what it should be.

The thing that is most important is to feel like you're at the front of the line, to be prime or primer. I definitely never wanted to say that in the films, but that's where it comes from.

I love to work. It's the idea of having someone else tell you how to make your film or how to sell it - that's the part I can't really deal with. I would rather do 1,000 things that are work than deal with one thing that's a political problem.