I Don't Have A Moral Plan, I'm

The Desire To Be Loved Is Really Death When It Comes To Art.

Casting Is Really A Black Art. It's A Huge Part Of Directing And It's The Most Invisible. It's One That People Don't Really Think About Or Talk About. But You Can Really Destroy Your Movie By Casting It Badly Before You've Shot A Foot Of Film. And Yet There Are No Guidebooks For It, There's No Rule Book To Tell You How To Do It. It's All Your Own Experience And Your Own Sensibility And Your Own Intuition.

I Never Thought I Was Doing The Same Thing As Directors Like John Carpenter, George Romero, And Sometimes Even Hitchcock, Even Though I've Been Sometimes Compared To Those Other Guys. We're After Different Game.

It's Impossible To Make A Movie Out Of 'naked Lunch.' A Literal Translation Just Wouldn't Work. It Would Cost $400 Million To Make And Would Be Banned In Every Country Of The World.

I Like To Laze Around. I Think That's A Huge Part Of Creativity. You Have To Let Your Mind Relax And Then Another Part Of Your Brain Suddenly Connects With The Solution You're Trying To Find.