I Gladly, I Voluntarily Gave Up The

But Who Said Art Has To Cost Money? And Therefore, Who Says Artists Have To Make Money?

Everyone Knows The Phenomenon Of Trying To Hold Your Breath Underwater - How At First It's Alright And You Can Handle It, And Then As It Gets Closer And Closer To The Time When You Must Breathe, How Urgent The Need Becomes, The Lust And The Hunger To Breathe. And Then The Panic Sets In When You Begin To Think That You Won't Be Able To Breathe - And Finally, When You Take In Air And The Anxiety Subsides...that's What It's Like To Be A Vampire And Need Blood.

So Give Yourself That Chance To Put Together The 80, 90 Pages Of A Draft And Then Read It Very In A Nice Little Ceremony, Where You're Comfortable, And You Read It And Make Good Notes On It, What You Liked, What Touched You, What Moved You, What's A Possible Way, And Then You Go About On A Rewrite.

I've Been Blessed With Enough Wealth That I Can Make A Film Myself Up To A Certain Budget. So One Way I Thought I Would Reinvent Myself Was Just To Make These Very Small, Personal Films That I've Financed Myself.

I Associate My Motion Picture Career More With Being Unhappy And Scared, Or Being Under The Gun, Than With Anything Pleasant.