In any film there's always a historical implication.
There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.
You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically.
I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.
There are people who say, 'Oh, he's a crook.' But I'm not a crook.
Someone like Roman Polanski comes with a lifetime of achievement, cinematically.
I have always meticulously storyboarded my films from beginning to end.
We've had no problems with the actors, but we keep a really loose set.
Usually, you can shoot a movie in 10 or 12 weeks.
I'm a deeply broken person, and broken institutions fascinate me.
I don't control anything I create.
Prison is like high school with knives.
It is always the instantaneous reaction to oneself that produces a photograph.
The eye should learn to listen before it looks.
I've never wanted to do something where I'd berate the audience.
I like DVDs so much - it's such a better format than VHS.
I'm very much interested in doing actual theater.
TV is where a writer can write his novel.
Then suddenly the Roman liturgy disappeared as we knew it.
Language is much closer to film than painting is.
If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
