Many filmmakers pretend that they never see anything, which has always seemed odd to me.

When you see the films of certain young directors, you get the impression that film history begins for them around 1980.

And I took a long time to appreciate Lynch.

Kubrick is a machine, a mutant, a Martian. He has no human feeling whatsoever. But it's great when the machine films other machines, as in 2001.

For me, the film has to be incredibly bad to make me want to pack up and leave.

Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my films.

And the fact that I see so many films really seems to amaze certain people.

I guess I like a lot of directors. Or at least I try to.

Seven half-bloods shall answer the callTo storm or fire the world must fallAn oath to keep with a final breathand foes bear arms to the doors of death

New York is the only city in the world where you can get run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian.

Show physical affection. Nothing says "I love you" like bearing the entirety of your spouse's weight.

I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence.

Being where I'm at, standing in these shoes, it feels amazing. It feels like a weight has been lifted.

You can see love in war and you can also see war in love!

What a debut for the young goalkeeper, as a striker.

The trick is, to treat your days as if each one may be your last.

Evolution is an indispensable component of any satisfying explanation of our psychology.

I have scary eyes. I look like the guy in 'American History X,' yes. I remember coming home from school and asking my mum if I could get an eye transplant, and of course she declined.