More and more, even with a measure of success, I'm not sure what it is people are seeing when they see a movie I've made.

We discover and invent new ways of finding out the same old things.

I'll marry you if you admit that respect, admiration, and trust equals love.

There's no such thing as adventure. There's no such thing as romance. There's only trouble and desire.

I think maybe written films are better than real films. You can see them in your head and yet everything is exactly as you want it to be.

TRUST took as its starting point the question, What would happen if a movie took the character of a teen-age girl seriously?.

This notion of changing technology interests me. I work on a computer now, and it's not been easy to adjust. I still prefer to have my hands on film when I'm editing.

Perhaps I'm just optimistic.

All the discoveries seem to be discoveries of means.

I'm often uncertain of what's expected of a movie.

I see (humor) in the smallest things.

Love and marriage are completely unrelated enterprises. Marriage bears as little resemblance to love as competing in the Olympics does to your afternoon jog.

To shift a few grains of sand is no more a sign of great strength than to see the sun a sign of great sight. There is no glory in dominating the weak.

The teacher is a catalyst to convert information from a high energy state (list of facts) to a low energy state (visual concept associated with known concepts).

What everyone forgets is that passion is not merely a heightened sensual fusion but a way of life which produces, as in the mystics, an ecstatic awareness of the whole of life.

Let me come in when you are weeping, friend, and let me take your hand. I, who have known a sorrow such as yours, can understand.

I'm a risk-taker. I like to test myself.

Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a bookstore.

I mean, Emily Harris was his wife.And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader.

Your thoughts really, truly shape everything in your life that you feel and experience.

I think my parents gave me a unique name and I have created this unique lifestyle that makes me who I am; it's a cool way of living.