I never make a film with a message in mind. I'm more interested in the characters; how they are related to each other and the situation they're in.

There's no such thing as "an auteurist filmmaker." Every film directors is an auteur. We only make films that we do because we cannot put on clothes that don't fit us.

The way people respond to struggles or express their feelings in difficult situations are very different. I like imagining how characters would react in certain situations.

I try to be straight when I communicate with my audiences through a film. I'm not sure whether I have been successful. I don't watch my film once they're in theaters.

There's no such thing as being cool. People who pretend to be cool have more emotional layers.

I only see things that I shouldn't have done when I watch my film again.

Consciousness reigns but doesn't govern.

and this passion, like bad kerosene, barely burns.

My mother used to say about gossipers " Don't worry about people talking about you, whilst they're talking about you they are leaving some other poor innocent soul alone

I surrender to the Monster. What pleasure at last to give way to the strongest force in oneself.

Keep what you've got till you get what you need, y'all. You gotta give a lot just to get what you need sometimes, y'all.

I look at the script first and who's directing it and then talk to the director to find out what his vision of the movie is and if it matches my vision and then we go after it.

Invest in places that make sense so you can afford to live in places that don’t make sense.

Stop swimming around in your own mind. That is a dangerous neighborhood that you should not go into alone.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

It's fun to be debaucherous and the worst version of yourself.