I'm a very professional man. I'm not out for the experience of adventure.

I am someone who takes everything very literally. I simply do not understand irony, a defect I have had ever since I was able to think independently.

I don't see poetry as something that has to do with too much emotion anyway. It has to do with language.

By the way, today with digital cameras and editing on your laptop, and things like that, you can make a feature film, a narrative feature film easily for $10,000.

Perseverance has kept me going over the years. Things rarely happen overnight. Filmmakers should be prepared for many years of hard work. The sheer toil can be healthy and exhilarating.

When I film, there are no emotions. That would be the last thing.

Everything you see in North Korea, it's all propaganda, but it's all connected to the volcano.