For Me, The Music Is

I Like Marginal Characters, I Like Real People. I Learn More From Talking To My Plumber When He Comes To Fix My Toilet Than I Do From Meeting A Movie Star. I Think My Movies Are In The Same Vein As That.

When I Get Depressed, Or Anything, I Go 'think Of All The Music I Haven't Even Heard Yet!' So, It's The One Thing. Imagine The World Without Music. Man, Just Hand Me A Gun, Will You?

I Love Riding On A Bus Now Because You're Looking Down On The World From Not Too High Of An Angle, But People On The Street Rarely Look Up Into The Bus. They're Sort Of Oblivious To This Big Giant Machine, You Know, Passing By. So There's Something Very Beautiful About The Angle That You Look At The World Through.

Sometimes I Make Films About Scenes Other Filmmakers Would Leave Out, So I Just Make The Film Out Of All The Things They Wouldn't Put In. Poetry Allows You To Do This More Than Prose, For Example.

When I Studied With Nicholas Ray He Was Always Telling Us, "if You Want To Make Films, Watch A Lot Of Films, But Don't Just Watch Films, Go Take A Walk, Look At The Sky, Read A Book About Meteorology, Look At The Design Of People's Shoes. Because All Of Them Are Part Of Filmmaking." So I Thought, Perfect! That's A Good Job For Me.