All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year.

The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film.

They will open up to what I would call corporate broadcastings where the non-commercial material will have air time. There's no possibility of that here right now, none.

Most independent filmmakers in Britain and North America work for commercial crews and then have their own projects when they've got enough money saved up to do so.

We are here predominantly to support independent filmmakers and their needs. We are also here to assist people actually in their production, non-commercial people in their production.

The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads.

The more commercial work that is happening, the more people are operating cameras and are setting up studio lights, the greater the opportunity for drama production to happen.

You have always had individual directors who begin in the advertising or commercial world, but they are probably exceptions rather than the traditional pattern.

Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment.

The State Film Authority will be there for film as industry only, as is the case in all the other states, except Victoria. Victoria is moving more now into supporting non-commercial films.

The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base.

Don’t embrace mediocrity

If the risk-reward ratio is right you can make big money buying trouble.

You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.

A body seriously out of equilibrium, either with itself or with its environment, perishes outright. Not so a mind. Madness and suffering can set themselves no limit.

When people think of dance films, they don't really think of good stories.

You adapt yourself to the contents of the paintbox.

Life is meant to be abundant in ALL areas.

Where there is a lack of other connections, of meaningful moments, in our lives, music can often full the gap.

I knew the human exaggeration for sorrow-a broken heart.

It's good for young people to be angry about something.