I have no advice for anyone on how to live.

Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.

The role of the artist is to not look away.

I never deny a true experience in one shot.

Writing is not an unknown territory for me.

What is filmmaking but groping in the dark?

I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.

I think the Internet has changed the world.

I mean the future has become old fashioned.

I don't write any kind of sequel or remake.

'Vacation' means titillating my taste buds.

I look for stuff that I'm passionate about.

My mom loved the old black-and-white films.

Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.

No, I've only ever done one film at a time.

The last film is always the most important.

When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe.

'Angel Heart' was one of my favorite films.

I was always interested in films that scar.

In a Town like Twin Peaks noone is innocent

When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.

I think a good director is a good listener.

I like the idea that cinema is a spectacle.

My sense of humor often gets me in trouble.

I never put out a vanilla edition of a DVD.

What's important for me is staying healthy.

We do things for good reasons that are bad.

I have a lot of game apps I need to delete.

Making a movie is a lot of problem solving.

Movies that look safe are less interesting.

My department is to get actors to do stuff.

And I took a long time to appreciate Lynch.

I don't look at scripts. I just write them.

I believe that perfection handicaps cinema.

The world isn't a sad place, it's just big.

I had a breakdown after making 'Atonement.'

When you have no money, you need invention.

Delay in vengeance delivers a heavier blow.

I'm following a real event and real people.

Things happen in weird, serendipitous ways.

Science fiction is an extension of science.

I would rather stop too soon than too late.

I don't want to become a director for hire.

I don't give a tinker's damn for posterity.

Well, you know, I'm much older than I look.

Movies require a minor miracle to get made.

I went from being Mario who? to Mario baby!

You never know how much time you have left.

I mean, music totally comes from your soul.

We rest our case on the production numbers.

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