When you have something that is bothering you, and then you articulate, take the time to really express it and see it clearly, to recognize. To acknowledge that is already a liberating energy.

Filmmaking can give you everything, but at the same time, it can take everything from you.

When you see things upside down, the ego can be extraordinarily funny; it's absurd. But it's tragic at the same time.

I see only one requirement you have to have to be a director or any kind of artist: rhythm. Rhythm, for me, is everything. Without rhythm, there's no music. Without rhythm, there's no cinema. Without rhythm, there's no architecture.

When you have critics filing on Twitter, it leaves no time for thought and perspective.

To shoot a conventional film means that you are always covering yourself. You are putting nets and, in a way, letting bad decisions take over.