The opinion of the public is sacred. The director is a cook who merely offers different dishes to them and has no right to insist they react in a particular way. A film is just a projection of light, completed only when it crosses the gaze of the audience[...]
A photograph is neither taken or seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.
I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me.
I'm much more interested in allowing a story to happen, and people find whatever meaning is in there.
I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said.
If you're a fiction writer, though, I can tell you how to let people talk through you. Listen. Just be quiet, and listen. Let the character talk. Don't censor, don't control. Listen, and write.
I just respond to the stories I'm being asked to tell.
I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say.
