I'm a slave to my imagination in terms of making narrative films.
A film needs more than you can give it in a lifetime.
You're constantly changing man. But the film's not changing. The film stays the same. That's the beautiful aspect of it.
Critical opinion on my films has always been salvaged by what I would call subsequent critical opinion.
A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.
I'm happy - at times - making films. I'm certainly unhappy not making films.
Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction.
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.
The best education in film is to make one