It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.

Don't get obsessed with not liking a movie.

Anybody who runs is a VC. Anybody who stands still is a well-disciplined VC.

Critical opinion on my films has always been salvaged by what I would call subsequent critical opinion.

I'm a slave to my imagination in terms of making narrative films.

Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me.

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.