I Think Cynicism Lasts. Sentimentality

I Read Reviews Of Critics I Respect And Feel I Can Learn Something From. Right Now There Are A Lot Of Bottom-feeder Critics Who Just Have Access To A Computer And Don't Necessarily Have An Academic Or Cinema Background That I Can Detect, So I Tend To Ignore That And Stay With The Same Top-tier Critics That I've Come To Respect. I Like Reading A Good Review - It Doesn't Have To Be Favorable, But A Well-thought-out One - Because I Very Much Appreciate The Relationship Of Directors And Critics.

I Don't Feel Despair Because I Am Able To Make The Films I Want To Make, And That Gives Me Hope.

If You Have Your Movies So That Everyone Understands Everything, I Think That's Probably Not A Very Good Movie.

A Lot Of People Get Stuck, Like, "oh, If It's Made By A Studio, It Can't Be Independent." Often They Link It To The Source Of Financing, Or How It's Distributed, But I Don't Really Know How You Can. A Filmmaker Will Take His Money From Anywhere. It Doesn't Matter.

You Just Never Know When You're Living In A Golden Age.