When I Grew Up In The '60s,

The Things That Inform Student Culture Are Created And Controlled By The Unseen Culture, The Sociological Aspects Of Our Climbing Culture, Our 'me' Generation, Our Yuppie Culture, Our Suvs, Or, You Know, Shopping Culture, Our War Culture.

In Rare Cases, I've Had Music Before I Shot The Movie. I Think That For 'good Will Hunting' I Had An Elliot Smith Record Or A Couple Of Them And I Just Somehow Felt Like The Sound Had Something To It That Reminded Me Of The Story. So In That Case There Was Music Beforehand.

The Artist Himself Is Actually The Subject In Everything After, Say, 1900. Eventually, Art Becomes So Removed From The Community That You Have To Know About The Artist Before You Can Even Look At The Painting, Because There Is A Conceptual Idea Going On.

When I Was 14, I Felt Very Rundown; I Had A Home To Go To, But I Felt Like I Was 60 Or Something, Older Than I Feel Now. And I Don't Know If It's Something That Happens At 14, Or Whether It Was Adolescence Or Whether I Was Gay, Or Closeted Gay, Or Whatever It Was, I Felt That.

You're Following Your Track, The Story, Your Only Plan, Your Map For The Audience, And All The Other Stuff Is, Like, The Fun Stuff: The Costumes, The Locations, The Set-dressing And The Actors. They Can All Be Variable As You Like If You Stick - However Roughly - To The Path.