Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

I'm not a Hollywood director. I'm an in spite of Hollywood director.

Music and film are inseparable. They always have been and always will be.

If you don’t like the films of Samuel Fuller , then you just don’t like cinema.

The most important thing is the script.

When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.

I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films.

There's a way that the force of disappointment can be alchemized into something that will paradoxically renew you.

You have to put yourself in a situation, a lifestyle, that makes you do the work. Even if it's a monastery.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Your job is to get your audience to care about your obsessions.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Always stay open to surprise.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

The greatest truths in life are the ones your fellow queens are willing to tell you.

That is the key to navigating this life - don't take it too seriously. That's when the party begins.

Don't be afraid to use all the colors in the crayon box.

You have to use what you have to get what you want.