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.
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[...]
I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me.
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'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.
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.
