I Didn't Get My Degree At Nyu;

The Beauty Of A Movie Is That You Walk In, You Don't Know Anything About It, You Enter A World That's New To You, And That's The Magic Of Being Transported.

My First Film I Made, "permanent Vacation," We Shot In 1979 For Like $12,000, Part Of Which I Got A Fake Car Loan For That Amos Poe Told Me You Could Do That. And, Yeah, I Had No Idea What I Was Doing. It Was Just Like, Well, We're Going To Try And Do This. Partly Because I Had Been Following Amos Poe And Eric Mitchell Around For About A Year, And I Worked On Some Of Eric's Films As A Sound Recordist And Stuff.

Nothing Is Original. Steal From Anywhere That Resonates With Inspiration Or Fuels Your Imagination Authenticity Is Invaluable; Originality Is Non-existent. And Don’t Bother Concealing Your Thievery - Celebrate It If You Feel Like It.

No Mistakes Can Be Make During Rehearsals, Only Progress Toward What Works Best.

I Thought The Limits Of Control Could Be Interpreted In Two Ways: As The Limits Of One's Self-control; And As The Limits Of Allowing Other People's Control Over One's - Consciousness - Which I Kind Of Thought Was A Double Meaning That Was Appropriate.