Paul Schrader Quotes

Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.

The secret of the creative life is to feel at ease with your own embarrassment.

Don't ever let the viewer settle in and get ahead of you.

There's no escape. I'm God's only man.

The clock is impotent; mechanical time does not affect those living in an eternal present.

Ultimately, it's an illusion that you can understand yourself.

Anything that doesn't bore me I think is doable because it's keeping me awake.

I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting.

One of the things that I do like about filmmaking is that you find out how to solve new problems.

Those artists who say that somehow therapy or analysis will thwart their creativity are completely misinformed. It's absolutely the opposite: it opens closed doors.