Death Is What Makes Life An Event.

As Long As I Can Make Lots Of Money In Other Businesses, I'll Continue To Subsidize My Own Work.

An Essential Element Of Any Art Is Risk. If You Don't Take A Risk Then How Are You Going To Make Something Really Beautiful, That Hasn't Been Seen Before?

Everyone Knows The Phenomenon Of Trying To Hold Your Breath Underwater - How At First It's Alright And You Can Handle It, And Then As It Gets Closer And Closer To The Time When You Must Breathe, How Urgent The Need Becomes, The Lust And The Hunger To Breathe. And Then The Panic Sets In When You Begin To Think That You Won't Be Able To Breathe - And Finally, When You Take In Air And The Anxiety Subsides...that's What It's Like To Be A Vampire And Need Blood.

I Believe That Filmmaking - As, Probably, Is Everything - Is A Game You Should Play With All Your Cards, And All Your Dice, And Whatever Else You've Got. So, Each Time I Make A Movie, I Give It Everything I Have. I Think Everyone Should, And I Think Everyone Should Do Everything They Do That Way.

Most Filmmakers Can't Afford To Try Something Out That Doesn't Work.