The British Keep Employing Me,

I Never Really Saw Myself As An Activist But At Some Point The Activist Is The Only Moral Position To Take.

I Think That Poe Is So Resonant Because He Represents That Part Of Us That Is In Misery Or Sorrowful Or Wants To Explore The Darkness. He Wrote A Great Story Called 'the Imp Of The Perverse' About The Instinct Towards Self-destruction. Poe Is The Godfather Of Goth Literature And That Whole Movement.

I Think Everything Has Some Politics To It. It's Just Whether Or Not It Admits To It. Politics Is Weird. I Don't Even Know What That Means Any More.

I Wanted To Just Be A Filmmaker, And I Thought I Wanted To Do All The Aspects, And It Seemed Like As A Producer Was The Best Way To Do It, Because I Could Have... You Never Have Control On A Movie, But You Have As Much Control As You Can. You Can Push It Through, And You Can Hire The Right People.

Radical Islam And Us Exceptionalism Are In Bed With Each Other. They're Like Lovers, Methinks.