Before She Married My Father, My Mother

I Don't Like American Football. I Think It's Boring And Ridiculous And Predictable. But Baseball Is Very Beautiful. It's Played On A Diamond.

I Like To Work With Actors That Have Varied Experiences. But I Don't Choose Them Because Of Their Experience, I Choose Them Because Of Qualities I Think Would Make An Interesting Character And To Me There Is No One Way To Direct Actors, There Is Only One Way To Collaborate With One Person.

Sometimes I Make Films About Scenes Other Filmmakers Would Leave Out, So I Just Make The Film Out Of All The Things They Wouldn't Put In. Poetry Allows You To Do This More Than Prose, For Example.

I Didn't Get My Degree At Nyu; I Got It Later, They Gave Me An Honourary One.

It Meant A Kind Of Real Liberation Of Expression. It Embraced Amateurism In A Way That I Still Am Inspired By. It Was Not About Trying To Get, You Know, Stadium Gigs Or Even Commercial Radio Play Or Even Record Deals For That Matter. It Was About Saying Something 'cause You Meant It, And Expressing Something That You Felt. And That Was Primary For That - Whatever The Scene, Whatever Punk Rock Means, It Was Very, Very Important To Me, Very Formative.