Jim Jarmusch

“Life has no plot. It's just a series of accidents.”

“For me, the movies I like are all about character.”

“Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent.”

“Choose your collaborators carefully. It's like a marriage.”

“The world is in your head. Your reality is in your mind.”

“I consider myself a dilettante. A dilettante is a person who loves a subject.”

“I'm just a part-time filmmaker. I'm a full-time amateur.”

“I love variation on a theme.”

“If you're a real director, you're a control freak.”

“It is difficult to find a good film, and it is equally difficult to find a good book.”

“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.”

“It's a sad and beautiful world.”

“I'd rather make a film about a man walking his dog than about the emperor of China.”

“Music is the source of the film. I mean, the source of the ideas for the film.”

“The beauty of life is in the random insults.”