Of Course, I'm No Dummy.

I Didn't Have Any Desire I Might Have Had 10 Years Ago To Shoot Every Single Word That I Wrote.

My Filmmaking Education Consisted Of Finding Out What Filmmakers I Liked Were Watching, Then Seeing Those Films. I Learned The Technical Stuff From Books And Magazines, And With The New Technology You Can Watch Entire Movies Accompanied By Audio Commentary From The Director. You Can Learn More From John Sturges' Audio Track On The 'bad Day At Black Rock' Laserdisc Than You Can In 20 Years Of Film School. Film School Is A Complete Con, Because The Information Is There If You Want It.

I Don't Want To Be The Angry Guy.

If You Figure A Way To Live Without Serving A Master, Any Master, Then Let The Rest Of Us Know, Will You? For You'd Be The First Person In The History Of The World.

It Felt Like The First Thing, But When I First Started Out, I Got A Job Adapting A Book By Russell Banks Called 'rule Of The Bone.' I Didn't Do A Very Good Job. I Didn't Really Know What I Was Doing In General, Let Alone How To Adapt A Book.