I'm not a journalist; I'm a poet. I had a discourse, an encounter with these people but I never had a list of questions.

You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.

The trees are in misery, and the birds are in misery. I don’t think they sing. They just screech in pain. …Taking a close look at what’s around us, there is some sort of harmony: it’s the harmony of overwhelming and collective murder.

This climate surrounding me has reached Clive Oppenheimer. In practical terms he sees that I'm not interested in any sort of daredevil stunts, I'm just interested in the work. And he's convinced that I'm clinically sane.

I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy, all creativity.

At the same time, there's something magnificent about volcanoes; they created the atmosphere that we need for breathing.

The universe is not harmonious: you know that by looking outside.