I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves as I make them. As long as the theme is something I care about at the moment, it's enough for me to start work. Maybe work itself is what my life is about.

There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.

Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room.

There are no minor decisions in movie making. Each decision will either contribute to a good piece of work or bring the whole movie crashing down around my head many months later.

For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.

There are no personal revelations other than feelings arising from the work itself

All good work requires self-revelation.