Jim Jarmusch: Poets Are Always

I Have A Real Respect For Tobacco As A Substance, And It Just Seems Very Funny How The Western Attitude Is, "wow, People Are Addicted To This, Think Of All The Money You Can Make Off It."

Select Only Things To Steal That Speak Directly To Your Soul. If You Do This, Your Work (and Theft) Will Be Authentic. Authenticity Is Invaluable; Originality Is Nonexistent

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 Think Of Myself As An Amateur Filmmaker, Not A Professional, In The Sense That "amateur" Means Love Of Something, For The Form.

I Love Variation In All Forms: In Painting, In Music.