I Try Not To Go Back In

There Was One Moment, And It Happened In School. I Had A Big Final Exam - We Were Supposed To Write A 20-page Report On This Book About Houdini. I Probably Would Have Loved Reading It, But I Didn't, So I Just Decided To Make A Little Super-8 Movie Based On It. I Tied Myself To The Railroad Tracks And All That. I Mean, This Is Kid Stuff, But It Impressed The Teacher, And I Got An A. And That Was Maybe My First Turning Point, When I Said, 'yeah, I Wouldn't Mind Being A Filmmaker.'

Stick Boy Liked Match Girl, He Liked Her A Lot. He Liked Her Cute Figure, He Thought She Was Hot. But Could A Flame Ever Burn For A Match And A Stick? It Did Quite Literally; He Burned Up Quick.

The Boy With Nails In His Eyes Put Up His Aluminum Tree. It Looked Pretty Strange Because He Couldn't Really See.

I Have A Problem When People Say Something's Real Or Not Real, Or Normal Or Abnormal. The Meaning Of Those Words For Me Is Very Personal And Subjective. I've Always Been Confused And Never Had A Clearcut Understanding Of The Meaning Of Those Kinds Of Words.

Certain Things Leave You In Your Life And Certain Things Stay With You. And That's Why We're All Interested In Movies- Those Ones That Make You Feel, You Still Think About. Because It Gave You Such An Emotional Response, It's Actually Part Of Your Emotional Make-up, In A Way.