Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn’t give you what you desire – it tells you how to desire.
I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.
If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, ‘no, I went to films.’
If a Million People See My Movie, I Hope They See a Million Different Movies.
I steal from every movie ever made.
I didn’t go to film school, I went to films.
You don’t build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them.
To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.
Cinematography, a military art. Prepare a film like a battle.
The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.
If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.
A camera is a camera, a shot is a shot, how you tell the story is the main thing.
The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail.
I love editing. It’s one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.
Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive.
All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.
I’m only a stupid filmmaker.