It bugs me when they have people my age [28] playing teenagers.

When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very close to what I set out to do. And I'm super-opinionated about what I do and don't like.

I'm always a sucker for a love story.

The unexpected connections we make might not last, yet stay with us forever

My movies are not about being, but becoming.

It's about moments in life that are great but don't last. They don't go on, but you always have the memory and they have an effect on you. That's what I was thinking about.

It seems that the greatest difficulty is to find the end. Don't try to find it, it's there already.

You don't have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that.

Forget the audience, make what you want to see

Thats the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.

I like telling the story in a visual way. I don't like explaining a lot in dialogue.

I am tired of days that are all the same.

Example is leadership.

Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me.

With Carmina Burana, my collected works begin.

You must learn to wait properly.

Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.

Some of my most neurotically fierce bitterness is the result of realizing how untrue people have become.

Habit is a powerful means of advancement, and the habit of eternal vigilance and diligence, rarely fails to bring a substantial reward.

Writers never get a very good deal in Hollywood.

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.