So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories without making them both sad and funny.

I think there are many advantages to not knowing any of my prior work. The narrative threads, I think, are totally accessible to anyone who may never have heard of me. There's a beginning, a middle, and an end - I don't think there's going to be any confusion there.

Compromise is part and parcel of making a movie. It's a question of the kinds of compromises that you have to make.

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.

I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited to adapt novels or work within certain genre conventions. I'd like to do that kind of work someday, but for better or worse I'm too drawn by my own material.

People cant help how they look.

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