I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.

I always come to conclusions very fast. Well, that is one way of thinking, and the other way would be that I lack the necessary perseverance to stick to one thing that really fits me. I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing.

I believe you shouldn't force the audience's interpretation of a character or a story. The more you explain things, the less intriguing and imaginable they are for viewers. . . . Film to me, in its essence, in its ultimate nature, is silent. Music and dialogue are there to fill what is lacking in the image. But you should be able to tell the story with moving pictures alone. For my next project, though, I'd like to make the kind of film where the characters blabber all the time.

When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.

One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake.

My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.