I have a really, really hard time sitting down and watching a TV show, except I'm apparently willing to watch the same episode of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' like, seven times. Shane Carruth apparentlyepisodehard Change image and 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
As a viewer, that's work I respond to - work that I know is singular in some way. If I'm being challenged by something on screen, if I don't quite know why it's happening, I want to know I can do the work of pulling it apart and that there'll be something satisfactory about it. If the architecture is sound, you can be lyrical in execution. Shane Carruth architecturechallengeexecution share on social
I can honestly say, there was a moment when I was writing 'Upstream Color' where I fell so hard for what it was becoming that I couldn't think of anything else. I was absolutely secure in this story in the way I'm rarely secure about anything else in my life. Shane Carruth absolutelycolorfall share on social
I feel like we want to compartmentalise things and say, 'Well, that's emotional, artistic and subjective, while this is intellectual, objective and measured.' I have difficulty thinking that's the way we experience things. Shane Carruth artisticcompartmentalisedifficulty share on social
From a completely financial standpoint, digital is starting to crack as far as an independent filmmaker's access to getting your story out there - Amazon, iTunes, all of those. It makes the prospect of doing it yourself - not easy by any means - but possible, maybe for the first time. Shane Carruth accessamazoncompletely share on social
In school, when I got into upper-level math, there would be times when I would wake up from a dream and have - not an answer, exactly, but a direction to pursue. My writing has always been like that. I wake up from dreams knowing which direction to go in. Shane Carruth answerdirectiondream share on social