When You're On A Film And You're

The Artist Himself Is Actually The Subject In Everything After, Say, 1900. Eventually, Art Becomes So Removed From The Community That You Have To Know About The Artist Before You Can Even Look At The Painting, Because There Is A Conceptual Idea Going On.

I'm A Junkie. I Like Drugs, I Like The Whole Lifestyle, But It Just Didn't Pay Off.

You're Following Your Track, The Story, Your Only Plan, Your Map For The Audience, And All The Other Stuff Is, Like, The Fun Stuff: The Costumes, The Locations, The Set-dressing And The Actors. They Can All Be Variable As You Like If You Stick - However Roughly - To The Path.

Once You're Directing, You're Kind Of In A Certain Mode, Where You're Taking Whatever Is On The Page And Forming It Into The Film That You Think It Might Want To Be. So Whether It's My Writing Or Not, I Still Try To Work With It In The Same Way.

My Art Teacher In Junior High Was A Very Out Gay Man And A Mentor To Me.