I do have a clear vision, and I do see things that are existing in my quote-unquote spirit, but that doesn't necessary make me a very spiritual person.

There's this kind of strange mythology about me in the media because I've done unusual things.

When we speak about trespassing, we speak about artistic trespassing. You have to be prudent and have common sense and a sense of responsibility when you're trespassing. I think you haven't seen a film on volcanoes like that before. It's not National Geographic. It is wildly imaginative and very poetic and has a sense of awe that you normally do not see in films.

I think there should be holy war against yoga classes.

There's more substance in my prose and my poetry than in all my films together. Writing is a more direct way of expressing yourself because, in cinema, you always have finances, organization, actors, technical apparatus and all that stuff coming in between.

I think a state should not be in the capacity of killing anyone with the exception of warfare.

There's happens to be a volcano in the vicinity and there's some talk about a volcano as well, so that's the title Salt and Fire