If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.

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

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

There's a powerful magic about being a writer that I still marvel at.

If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.

Good style, to me, is unseen style.

Don't let the difficulty of actually achieving a shot make you think that the shot is good.