Well I'd Really Love To

You Have To Be A Brat In Order To Carve Out Your Parameters, And You Have To Be A Monster To Anyone Who Gets In Your Way. But Sometimes It's Difficult To Know When That's Necessary And When You're Just Being A Baby, Throwing Your Rattle From The Cage.

My Older Sister Was At The Cusp Of New Wave, And I Had Older Brothers From My Father's First Marriage Who Were Rock 'n' Roll Guys, So I Was Exposed To A Lot Of Popular Culture.

I'll Rebel Against Powers And Principalities, All The Time. Always, I Will.

I've Never Been A Fan Of Whimsical Or Confusing Storytelling.

My Filmmaking Education Consisted Of Finding Out What Filmmakers I Liked Were Watching, Then Seeing Those Films. I Learned The Technical Stuff From Books And Magazines, And With The New Technology You Can Watch Entire Movies Accompanied By Audio Commentary From The Director. You Can Learn More From John Sturges' Audio Track On The 'bad Day At Black Rock' Laserdisc Than You Can In 20 Years Of Film School. Film School Is A Complete Con, Because The Information Is There If You Want It.