I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.

I can't see any reason why a film shouldn't be stylized and visually beautiful. I don't think a beautiful set is pretentious.

There cannot be any communication except through form. If there is no form, you cannot create emotion in the spectator.

So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally.

I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.

My films seem to be better understood and better received by the monthly publications. On television the first reactions are usually unfavorable.

It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate.

A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style.

For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become.

I am never driven. Every film Ive made has been an assignment.

The more you understand your true spiritual identity, and your connection with the Supreme, the easier it will be to love your Self.

The awareness that seeks to know is the very object of its own seeking.

Time isn't made of anything. It is an abstraction. Just a meaning that we impose upon motion.

Grace / to be born and live as variously as possible

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

No doubt, love comes in many colors of the rainbow.

I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows.

A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.

I try to put my own history in my work.

Im a little untidy, and my favorite color is gray, and Im always scurrying around in a panic.