I'm Very Proud Of My Flops, As

I Wanted To Write And Direct Movies And Not Be Forced To Adapt Them From A Bestselling Book.

One Of The Most Important Tools That A Filmmaker Has Are His/her Notes.

When I Do A Novel, I Don't Really Use The Script, I Use The Book; When I Did Apocalypse Now, I Used Heart Of Darkness. Novels Usually Have So Much Rich Material.

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.

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