My Father Had This Mythological Sense Of

My Films Really Have To Be A Part Of A Whole Body Of Work That Says Something To Me.

I Look For A Thematic Idea Running Through My Movies And I See That It's The Outsider Struggling For Recognition. I Realize That All My Life I've Been An Outsider, And Above All, Being Lonely But Never Realizing It.

I Don't Agree With Everything He Did In His Life, But We're Dealing With This Howard Hughes, At This Point. And Also Ultimately The Flaw In Howard Hughes, The Curse So To Speak.

A Panoramic Vision Of Bob Dylan, His Music, His Shifting Place In American Culture, From Multiple Angles. In Fact, Reading Sean Wilentz's Bob Dylan In America Is As Thrilling And Surprising As Listening To A Great Dylan Song.

Michael Jackson Was Extraordinary. When We Worked Together On 'bad,' I Was In Awe Of His Absolute Mastery Of Movement On The One Hand, And Of The Music On The Other. Every Step He Took Was Absolutely Precise And Fluid At The Same Time. It Was Like Watching Quicksilver In Motion. He Was Wonderful To Work With, An Absolute Professional At All Times, And It Really Goes Without Saying... A True Artist. It Will Be A While Before I Can Get Used To The Idea That He's No Longer With Us.