My job as an author - at least the way I think of it - is to make a story that is coded and puzzling enough to entice conversation and interpretation, but also to do the opposite: to make some things clear so that it is meaningful in some way, not just a random assemblage of ideas. Shane Carruth assemblageauthorclear share on social
The only thing I can ever do is make a film that I can respond to. I could not make a romantic comedy for college girls. I wouldn't know how that works. Shane Carruth collegecomedyfilm Change image and share on social
Filmmaking is a thousand choices a day, and it's important to just let those choices potentially be informed by something deeper. Shane Carruth choicedaydeep Change image and share on social
I never set out to make a movie that was everything to everybody; if that were the case, we could all just take a picture of a tree and agree that the tree is beautiful and move on with our lives. I wouldn't even need to show up. Shane Carruth agreebeautifulcase share on social
I don't spend a lot of time in nature. Probably less than most people that live in urban Texas. Shane Carruth livelotnature Change image and share on social
I got a degree in math, from not a good school in Texas, and then I went to work as a software engineer. Just not glamorous at all. Shane Carruth degreeengineerglamorous Change image and share on social
I'm constantly surprised by... an orange will roll off a table, and I'll catch it before I knew it was falling. Something happens there. We could write it off and say, 'Subconsciously I knew that was happening,' but there's so many things every day - I'm amazed by how little we know. Shane Carruth amazecatchconstantly share on social
I don't believe that narrative works when it's trying to teach a lesson or speak a factual truth. Shane Carruth factuallessonnarrative Change image and share on social
I believe that filmmakers have to internalize the story and subtext so well that all of the departments can start to speak to each other - that music can speak to cinematography can speak to writing and back again. Shane Carruth backcinematographydepartment share on social
I am obsessed with story. I had a late awakening in life. In college was the first time that I understood what you could do with a story and what a good novel is - literary value and subtext and irony and everything. Shane Carruth awakencollegegood share on social
