I Am A Writer Who Was Able

[abbas Kiarostami] Is A Great Artist And A Poet. I Sometimes Think That If Samuel Beckett Made Films, He'd Make Them Like Kiarostami Makes Them.

I Never Feel More Myself Than When I’m Writing; I Never Enjoy Any Day More Than A Good Writing Day.

There's This Sense Of Being Strange, Which Is At The Heart Of Every Creative Person. Every Writer, Every Actor, Every Director Knows Who Ripley Is. We've Made Careers And Lives Out Of Pretending, Making Things Up, Inhabiting Other People's Stories And Lives. That's What I Do Every Day. . . . The Story Is So Audacious And Subversive: A Central Character Who Behaves Badly And Isn't Apparently Caught. That Intrigued Me No End.

I Have Always Believed That There Is A Need For Life-affirming Films.

The Feeling Of Not Belonging, Of Not Being Entirely Worthy, Of Being Sometimes Hostage To Your Own Sensibilities. Those Things Speak To Me Very Personally.