If anyone tells you there is only one way, their way, get as far away from them as possible, both physically and philosophically..

The beauty of ideas is that they are like waves in the ocean and they connect with things that came before them, and I think it is very important to ….

Select only things to steal that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; or….

Life has no plot, why must films or fiction?.

I think you can only be nostalgic for something you've lost..

I like marginal characters, I like real people. I learn more from talking to my plumber when he comes to fix my toilet than I do from meeting a movie….

As soon as you start making a film that's expensive then the studio wants total control over all elements of it because they want to get all their mo….

Each one of us is a set of shifting molecules, spinning in ecstasy..

When I studied with Nicholas Ray he was always telling us, "If you want to make films, watch a lot of films, but don't just watch films, go take a wa….

I prefer to be subcultural rather than mass-cultural. I'm not interested in hitting the vein of the mainstream..

I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way..

I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I t….

My films are about the little things that happen between people that are sometimes far more valuable and insightful than the big dramatic things that….

Music, to me, is the most beautiful form, and I love film because film is very related to music. It moves by you in its own rhythm. It's not like rea….

I still consider myself to be an amateur filmmaker. And I say that because in the Latin origin of the word amateur is the word love, and it's love of….

Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poe….

When I get depressed, or anything, I go 'think of all the music I haven't even heard yet!' So, it's the one thing. Imagine the world without music. M….

The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events..

It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going..

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination..

It's a sad and beautiful world..