I Wanted To Just Be A Filmmaker,

I Think Poets Tell Better History Than Historians. Historians Lie All The Time But The Poets Can Get To Truth Of It.

I Think It's Very Improtant And Healthy To Tell Differnt Stories Than The Corporatist Narratives We Are Being Asked To Swallow Hook, Line And Sinker.

I Don't Agonize Over Decisions As Much These Days. The Criteria Of What's Important To Me Is Clear.

I Wanted To Just Be A Filmmaker, And I Thought I Wanted To Do All The Aspects, And It Seemed Like As A Producer Was The Best Way To Do It, Because I Could Have... You Never Have Control On A Movie, But You Have As Much Control As You Can.

Poe Had This Curious Kind Of Alchemical Courage, Where He Took All The Terrible Things And Terrors That Happened In His Life, All This Shame And Fear And Pain, And Turned Them Into Great Works Of Art. He Was A Complex, Brilliant Person Who Was Just Wired Too Tight.