"I'm not interested in making films that are politically correct. I'm interested in making films that are honest, and that reflect the truth, even if it's an uncomfortable truth."

"I think that art should be disturbing, it should make you question things, it should make you uncomfortable."

"What I'm trying to do is make films that are a little bit ahead of their time, that will still be relevant in twenty or thirty years."

"Perhaps it's a good thing that human beings are not immortal. If they were, they'd get tired of living and fall into a state of profound boredom. It's the knowledge of death that makes life precious."

"The great problem with people is that they don't know what they want."