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'taxi Driver' Was The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me, And I Didn't Become A Weirdo And Squawk Like A Chicken.

I Didn't Have Any Ambition To Produce Big Mainstream Popcorn Movies.

When I Was Growing Up, Books Took Me Away From My Life To A Solitary Place That Didn't Feel Lonely. They Celebrated The Outcasts, People Who Sat On The Margins Of Society Contemplating Their Interiors. . . Books Were My Cure For A Romanticized Unhappiness, For The Anxiety Of Impending Adulthood. They Were All Mine, Private Islands With Secret Passwords Only The Worthy Could Utter.

So, Yes, There's Nothing I Love More Than Listening To Directors Talk About Their Movies.

I Saw Leaving College As An Opportunity To Do Something Different With My Life. I Always Thought That Becoming An Academic Was Going To Be My Path.