I think that art is an act of violence, and the more emotionally engaged you are in a piece of art, the more violent it feels.

Writing is fantasizing about what your film will be like. Shooting is reality. And the post-production is recovering the idea you had.

I think the Internet is the greatest invention since women.

I believe silence is the greatest sound of all.

To me, the darkest film ever made and the film, to me, that's the darkest picture in the human humanity's soul is 'Pretty Woman.'

'Valhalla Rising' is a fusion of my upbringing, basically: everything I grew up loving and wanted to make a film of.

I believe that the constant possibility of failure or possibility of decision-making feeds your creativity.

The 'Neon Demon' is very much designed to be like a YouTube movie. It's designed to be chopped up. You can cut it up into seven or eight pieces and they're, like, vignettes.

Filmmaking is not about what we see - it's a very misconceived notion; it's about what we don't see.