I'm Sure Some People Will Say, 'why

I Like To Know Where I Am. I Don't Like The Kind Of Cutting Where You Don't Know Where You Are.

We [people] Are A Species That's Wired To Tell Stories. We Need Stories. It's How We Make Sense Of Things. It's How We Learn.

I've Tried To Get Better About Weighing What I Think The Accessibility Of An Idea Is Against The Cost Of Executing It. I've Tried To Be Smarter About That, Because If You're Not Smart About That, You're Going To Be Unemployed. But I'm Still Mystified About What Works For People. And I'm Not Talking About My Movies, I'm Talking In General. I'm Mystified By The Stuff That Doesn't Work. I'm Mystified By What's Going On In The Critical Side, Too.

I Don't Have Any Kind Of Ideology That Precludes Me From Moving In One Direction Or Another. I Just Want Creative Autonomy And I Want At Least An Opportunity That It's Going To Be Seen.

I'm Mystified By The Stuff That Doesn't Work. I'm Mystified By What's Going On In The Critical Side, Too. Stuff I Like Is Getting Trashed And Stuff That Is Being Praised I Think Is Terrible. I Don't Really Feel In Sync With What's Happening, But At The Same Time, What I Think Keeps Me Afloat Is That I Try Not To Be, And Don't Want To Be, Very Indulgent. I Try To Make The Films As Lean As Possible, And To Not Spend A Lot Of Time Crawling Up My Own Ass Creatively.