A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

Either you care, or you don't. There's no in-between. And if you care, then go all of the way.

I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.

There's something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories.

The feel of the experience is the important thing, not the ability to verbalize or analyze it.

Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie

I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.