Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.
When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'
In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective.
Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character.
The good ideas will survive.
To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
Violence in real life is terrible; violence in movies can be cool. It's just another colour to work with.
When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
The children despise their parents until the age of when they suddenly become just like them - thus preserving the system.
To me, torture would be watching sports on television.
I laugh all the time. I'm an easy laugher. You can find me on any set, because I'm always laughing.
If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.
To me, Godard did to movies what Bob Dylan did to music: they both revolutionized their forms.
My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
I didnt go to film school, i went to films
My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.
You should be semi-embarrasse d about certain people seeing your movie.
I've always said Thomas Edison invented the movie camera to show people killing and kissing.
The easiest way to kill a cult is to make that cult accessible.
There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.
If a Million People See My Movie, I Hope They See a Million Different Movies.
Violence is fun, man.
I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
I don't think there's anything to be afraid of. Failure brings great rewards - in the life of an artist.
A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
If you love cinema as much as I do, and not many people do, and if you are focused and actually have something to offer, you will get somewhere with it.
I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.
If I've made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I've accomplished something.
There`s only one list that`s more illustrious than the list of directors who won the Palme d`Or. It`s the list of directors who didn`t.
I write movies about mavericks, about people who break rules, and I don't like movies about people who are pulverised for being mavericks.
I want to have the fun of doing anime and I love anime, but I can't do storyboards because I can't really draw and that's what they live and die on.
It's nice to get invited to the parties and to be able to hobnob and celebrate a job well done with your colleagues.