We reached a compromise [in film "Selling Isobel" ] - arty on the one hand, raw and crazy on the other.

It's my story ["Selling Isobel"].I chose to write a screenplay about it because I think film is the quickest medium to get a story out, rather than writing a book.

I considered writing a book too, but I think people don't like to read, to be honest - they want to watch. People want to see crazy things, so we decided to make a film ["Selling Isobel"] instead.

I was very concerned about who was going to take my story and realize it, so I was very particular and spent a lot of time going over things with him, talking about how I wanted it to be told.

A sense of messianic purpose makes the national interest almost indistinguishable from the political interests of the president.

Tristan was the soundtrack of my summer. The beat I walked to. The melody I breathed in and out. The lyrics I lived by.

The person one loves never really exists, but is a projection focused through the lens of the mind onto whatever screen it fits with least distortion.

Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing.

I've always intended to eventually make films. I've always been very aware of tone and shots. But documentaries are a great proving ground for me.

A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm.

I just want to get on a table, dance on someone's tater tots, and wait for the hall monitor to drag me away

The best feature is less features.

I am still learning. (at age 87)

I went to school, but they didn't give you too much schooling because just as soon as you was big enough, you get to working in the fields. I guess I was a big boy for my age.