There Is No Direct Evidence, So How

All The Movies That I Make In Some Ways Have To Be The Story Of My Life. There Are Different Chapters In My Life.

There Is Nothing In This World That I Am Prouder Of Than My Ability To Feel, To Survive And, Yes, To Be A Fool For What I Love And Believe In.

When I Was Growing Up, Books Took Me Away From My Life To A Solitary Place That Didn't Feel Lonely. They Celebrated The Outcasts, People Who Sat On The Margins Of Society Contemplating Their Interiors. . . Books Were My Cure For A Romanticized Unhappiness, For The Anxiety Of Impending Adulthood. They Were All Mine, Private Islands With Secret Passwords Only The Worthy Could Utter.

I Had To Take My Makeup Off At Work Every Night. I Wasn't Allowed To Do It At Home Because My Mom Said That When Your Work Day Is Done, You're Done With Work.

I'm Interested In Directing Movies About Situations That I've Lived, So They Are Almost A Personal Essay About What I've Come To Believe In.