I'm Not Overly Analytical, And

Separate Two Particles, Place Them At Opposite Ends Of The Universe, Produce Some Effect In One, And The Other Will Be Identically Affected.

[iggi Pop] Is Very Self-taught, Self-educated, But, Man, That Guy Knows About So Many Things.

Music Just Gives Me So Much Energy And Inspiration. Music And Literature In A Way Probably Influence Me More Than Cinema Does Because They're Different Forms And Yet Related. I Probably Know As Much About Music History As I Do About The History Of Cinema.

I Had This Idea For A Long Time To Make A Film About A Poet In Paterson Named Patterson. I Wanted Him To Be Working Class. Eventually I Thought A Bus Was A Perfect Visual Way To Move Him, To Drift Him Through The City, To Have A Measured Kind Of Routine Lifestyle. And All These Things Kind Of Congealed Into The Film "paterson" Eventually.

I Started Working With Friends Of Mine And That, To Some Degree, Continues.