My father, an architectural photographer, was an incurable tinkerer, maker and mender.
Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.
We can't get our youth back.
If it were all in the script, why make the film?
The most difficult thing to do is drama.
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.
