David Foster Wallace

I just think that fiction that isn't exploring what it means to be human today isn't art.

Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.

It seems important to find ways of reminding ourselves that most 'familiarity' is meditated and delusive.

The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

I think the main thing I remembered throughout all of filming it was just that she just was extremely self-destructive. I think everybody can relate to that a little bit. She doesn't like herself.