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I Often Say To My Students In Workshops That If They Are Trying To Find Literary Inspiration, They Should Not Go And Read Novels, Because Novels Are More Appropriate For Series. Where As They Should Read Short Stories - That's The Right Format For You To Be Able To Actually Display The Narrative In A Film.

I Don't Generally Derive My Stories From Novels. I Try To Turn Into Film Things I Have Felt Or Experienced.

I Have Received The Digital Camera As A Blessing. It Has Really Changed My Life As A Filmmaker, Because I Don't Use My Camera Anymore As A Camera. I Don't Feel It As A Camera. I Feel It As A Friend, As Something That Doesn't Make An Impression On People, That Doesn't Make Them Feel Uncomfortable, And That Is Completely Forgotten In My Way Of Approaching Life And People And Film.

It's Very True That Non-actors Feel More Comfortable In Front Of A Digital Camera, Without The Lights And The Large Crowd Around Them, And We Arrive At Much More Intimate Moments With Them.

There Were Years When Hitchcock Was Like A Master To Me, But Now I Think He's So Artificial. I Can Watch Films And Say How Technically Beautiful They Are, But I'm Not Impressed By Any Technicality.