I don't believe that narrative works when it's trying to teach a lesson or speak a factual truth.

- Shane Carruth

I've always been anxious about 'Primer.' There's good things about it, but all I've seen for a long time is the flaws.

- Shane Carruth

My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story.

- Shane Carruth

As a viewer, that's work I respond to - work that I know is singular in some way. If I'm being challenged by something on screen, if I don't quite kn…

- Shane Carruth

I feel like we want to compartmentalise things and say, 'Well, that's emotional, artistic and subjective, while this is intellectual, objective and m…

- Shane Carruth

It's interesting because I don't ever want to ask a better question than I can answer, if that makes sense. I find that frustrating as a viewer. Comp…

- Shane Carruth

Editing is very satisfying process. You spend hours working on something and then you get to watch it. It's immediately satisfying where everything e…

- Shane Carruth

My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story. I saw the core part of the plot. But if I ever take another look at it…

- Shane Carruth

I don't want to be thought of as somebody who's spiritually ambiguous, but the reality is there's unknown things happening. I'm not ready to point at…

- Shane Carruth