The Beauty Of Life Is In Small

The New York School Poets Are My Godfathers Creatively.

Music, To Me, Is The Most Beautiful Form, And I Love Film Because Film Is Very Related To Music. It Moves By You In Its Own Rhythm. It's Not Like Reading A Book Or Looking At A Painting. It Gives You Its Own Time Frame, Like Music, So They Are Very Connected For Me. But Music To Me Is The Biggest Inspiration. When I Get Depressed, Or Anything, I Go "think Of All The Music I Haven't Even Heard Yet!" So, It's The One Thing. Imagine The World Without Music. Man, Just Hand Me A Gun, Will You?

I Love John Ashbery. He's The - Really The Poet Laureate Of English Language Poetry, Whether He's Given That Or Not, He Is To Me.

Film Relates To Almost Every Other Form Of Expression, But Poetry Is A Bit Abstract In Its Strength And Sometimes Even The White Spaces On The Page Are Evocative Almost As Much As Where The Text Is. Certain Poets Have Played With That.

I Wanted To Make An Indian Character Who Wasn't Either A) The Savage That Must Be Eliminated, The Force Of Nature That's Blocking The Way For Industrial Progress, Or B) The Noble Innocent That Knows All And Is Another Cliche. I Wanted Him To Be A Complicated Human Being.