Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.

ecstatic truth. I've always tried to strive for a much deeper truth in the images, in cinema, in storytelling, on a screen, so whether I've achieved it or not remains to be seen. . . . There are short fleeting moments when I know that I have achieved it. And to work for that and to strive for it and to try, gives at least some dignity and some meaning to my existence.

Belief has nothing to do with facts, especially for the unbelievable facts.

All things are strange which are worth knowing.

I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground.

The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.