I'm Obviously Really Opinionated, But As A

I Stopped Reading Reviews About My Own Movies. I Read Stuff About Other People's Movies.

I Was Thinking That People Have To Believe You're Crazy In Order To Take You Seriously As An Artist. If You're Wandering The Streets, Talking In Gibberish, Nobody Ever Asks You To Change Anything About Your Art Because There's No Context For People To Look At What You Do.

Ego Is Something That Everybody, Creative Especially, Has To Grapple With. You Need Enough Ego To Keep Going But Not So Much Ego That You're Deaf Or Blind, That You're Making A Mistake And Can't Fix The Course.

My Working Life Is Me Doing What I Want To Do. This Is That. I've Made Movies That People Don't Go To See.

If You're A Painter And You Want People To Know Who You Are And Recognize Your Work, You've Got To Build Some Long-term Value.