And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people, who change the way they dress, go out in disguise, wear a big floppy hat and dark shades. I would hate that.

Artwork can be a portal, a kind of rethinking and reseeing of the world as we live it.

I think success is a lot more healthy than failure.

I always have to presume that each movie is my last movie because I never know if I'll get money again.

But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in public more than I already am.

Every time you try to make another movie, you never know what will come of it. I can't say it ever gets easier, but it is in it's own way gratifying. I think that because no one movie that you make ever quite satisfies you, you're always feeling, "Next time I can get it right."

Art has a smaller audience than, say, movies or other forms of mass consumption. But that doesn't mean the work doesn't have an impact in a way that transcends just a few cultural arbiters.