I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America.
To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.
The landscape is a reflection of the inner life. Since I can't shoot the inner life, all I can shoot is the exterior but I know that when I'm filming outside, I'm filming inside. I can only really touch the inside through the mise-en-scene. So through the mise-en-scene of the outside we can explore the inside
Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.
The United States is such a potent political, cultural, and economic model in the evocation of the contemporary world, that to come here, select some elements from the prototype and rearrange them, that's really interesting artistically.
The more elaborate your narrative, the more the spectator shuts up and listens obediently. And if the filmmaker keeps quiet, the spectator will himself project his own assumptions and sentiments onto the screen.
There is no god. I am an atheist. It is up to us to become God. We need to be elevated, to become saints. God alienates people from themselves.
When you talk to a human in 2035, you'll be talking to someone that's a combination of biological and non-biological intelligence.
Books are the liberated spirits of men.
Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far.
I'm a Yente and I have a terrible accent.