"I think your questions are reductive and I'm not answering them."

"Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest, doesn't mean I'm anti-police. We want justice, but stop shooting unarmed people."

"I just want the same rights that a novelist has... you can write a novel about a bastard, but he can be totally interesting."

"Violence is a form of cinematic entertainment."

"If you truly love cinema with all your heart and with enough passion, you can't help but make a good movie. You don't have to go to school, you don't have to know a lens... none of that shit's importa…"