Love stories that are too simple don't deserve to have films made about them.

You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.

I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.

I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.

No, but it’s not because I’m getting older that I’m trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I’m getting.

But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.

When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.

Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.

I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera.

I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.

People don't like him (John Poindexter) for the same reason they don't like me…If you get things done in this bureaucracy you step on toes.

Certainly no beast has essayed the boundless, infinitely inventive art of human hatred. No beast can match its range and power.

The only known technique to an imitator is to steal and rephrase, then with a mischievous smile, he said, "i did it", without any confidence and prove.

The smell of new office supplies is so satisfying while being kicked out of Staples for inappropriate behavior with a file folder is so embarrassing.

How does an artist learn enough about life to fill a thimble?""Soli, I'm going to tell you. He needs to go rub his soul against life. ...

If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there.

Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.

My main influence are the other members of the Royal Art Lodge, we've drawn together enough that we can't help but influence each other.

Spain is facing an economic situation of extreme difficulty, I repeat, of extreme difficulty, and anyone who doesn't understand that is fooling themselves.

The one mistake which is committed habitually by people who have the gift of half-genius, is waiting for inspiration.