Whenever You Experiment With Something,

I Feel I Need To Really Think About Whether There's A Way To Use What Skill I Have To Address Things That Outrage Me, Like The 13 Year Old Girl Getting Stoned To Death. Because I Don't Think Making A Movie Is Going To Help That, Or Change That.

The Great Thing About The Business Is How Darwinian It Is. We Have To Swim Or Die - If You Are Found Wanting Over A Period Of Time, You've Either Got To Change What You're Doing Or Find Something Else To Do.

Everything Is The Director's Fault - You Can Quote Me On That. There Are No Excuses.

I'm Mystified By The Stuff That Doesn't Work. I'm Mystified By What's Going On In The Critical Side, Too. Stuff I Like Is Getting Trashed And Stuff That Is Being Praised I Think Is Terrible. I Don't Really Feel In Sync With What's Happening, But At The Same Time, What I Think Keeps Me Afloat Is That I Try Not To Be, And Don't Want To Be, Very Indulgent. I Try To Make The Films As Lean As Possible, And To Not Spend A Lot Of Time Crawling Up My Own Ass Creatively.

To Me The Director’s Job Is To Leave It In Better Shape Than You Found It, Literally.