I Think Of Myself As An Amateur

I Always Start With Characters Rather Than With A Plot, Which Many Critics Would Say Is Very Obvious From The Lack Of Plot In My Films - Although I Think They Do Have Plots - But The Plot Is Not Of Primary Importance To Me, The Characters Are.

I Had This Idea For A Long Time To Make A Film About A Poet In Paterson Named Patterson. I Wanted Him To Be Working Class. Eventually I Thought A Bus Was A Perfect Visual Way To Move Him, To Drift Him Through The City, To Have A Measured Kind Of Routine Lifestyle. And All These Things Kind Of Congealed Into The Film "paterson" Eventually.

Everything Is Not Laden With Potential For Drama In Life.

Music, To Me, Is The Most Beautiful Form, And I Love Film Because Film Is Very Related To Music. It Moves By You In Its Own Rhythm. It's Not Like Reading A Book Or Looking At A Painting. It Gives You Its Own Time Frame, Like Music, So They Are Very Connected For Me. But Music To Me Is The Biggest Inspiration. When I Get Depressed, Or Anything, I Go "think Of All The Music I Haven't Even Heard Yet!" So, It's The One Thing. Imagine The World Without Music. Man, Just Hand Me A Gun, Will You?

I'm Not Putting Down Anyone That Does Look At Their Work In That Way, But For Me I Am A Hardcore Amateur.