Of Course, I'm No Dummy.

It Felt Like The First Thing, But When I First Started Out, I Got A Job Adapting A Book By Russell Banks Called 'rule Of The Bone.' I Didn't Do A Very Good Job. I Didn't Really Know What I Was Doing In General, Let Alone How To Adapt A Book.

I Don't Get A Sense Of American Pride. I Just Get A Sense That Everyone Is Here, Battling The Same Thing - That Around The World Everybody's After The Same Thing, Just Some Minor Piece Of Happiness Each Day.

You Have To Be A Brat In Order To Carve Out Your Parameters, And You Have To Be A Monster To Anyone Who Gets In Your Way. But Sometimes It's Difficult To Know When That's Necessary And When You're Just Being A Baby, Throwing Your Rattle From The Cage.

Of Course, I'm No Dummy.

I Always Had A Dream About Trying To Make A Movie That Had No Dialogue In It, That Was Just Music And Pictures. I Still Haven't Done It Yet, But I Tried To Get Close In The Beginning.