The New York School Poets Are My

In Hollywood Westerns Even In The Thirties And Forties, History Was Mythologized To Accommodate Some Kind Of Moral Code. And What Really Affects Me Deeply Is When You See It Taken To The Extent Where Native Americans Become Mythical People.

I Even Think The Commercial Element Of New American Directors Is Really Fertile Right Now. There Are A Lot Of Filmmakers With Very Particular Visions, Like Sofia Coppola And Wes Anderson And P.t. Anderson And Alexander Payne And Peter Sollett And Harmony Korine And Vincent Gallo. At Least They're Making Films That They Choose To Make, And They're On Their Own. That's Positive To Me. This Is Not A Dead Period For American Cinema At All.

I Hate Those Live Action Versions Of Animated Cartoons. It Ruins Everything, The Whole Point Of Cartoons Is To Get Away From Photographs. I Mean It Would Be Stupid To Say That Cartoons Are Better Than Photographs But Its True.

No Mistakes Can Be Make During Rehearsals, Only Progress Toward What Works Best.

It Meant A Kind Of Real Liberation Of Expression. It Embraced Amateurism In A Way That I Still Am Inspired By. It Was Not About Trying To Get, You Know, Stadium Gigs Or Even Commercial Radio Play Or Even Record Deals For That Matter. It Was About Saying Something 'cause You Meant It, And Expressing Something That You Felt. And That Was Primary For That - Whatever The Scene, Whatever Punk Rock Means, It Was Very, Very Important To Me, Very Formative.