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" I've been hiding crucial events in my life since I was 13. "

" I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories. "

" By 1988, I was living in New York myself. "

" Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema. "

" For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear. "

" I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student. "

" You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic. "

" I've been close to two or three couples, gay and straight, who have been together for 45 years. "

" What's interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life. "

" By 15, I was lucky enough to find the theater. "

" I've always been interested in how the individual comes to know and accept him or herself, which I think has been hard for me. "

" I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from. "

" Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I'm interested in. That's what excites me and what I find beautiful in movies personally - that almost obscene sense that we shouldn't be this close to these people. I find that very inviting and meaningful as an audience member. "

" As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work. "

" What I loved about 'Goodfellas' is that it's a film about bad behavior - but told with great energy and without judgment - but it doesn't actually shy away from the consequences of that behavior in the characters' lives, which I think is similar in 'Keep the Lights On.' "

" Why do people stay in relationships that are tough from almost the very beginning? "

" Being an artist is in part an act of rupture. "

" I like a film that makes the audience feel like they are in the middle of life as it is moving, and in a way, they are catching up. They are thrown into things. "

" Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job. "

" Seeing the road show of 'A Chorus Line' in 1977 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Memphis was a life-changing event for me: there were gay people, on the stage, and they all lived in New York. "

" I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years before Martin Luther King was killed, and I think that history of civil action was something that I had in my blood. "

" I don't think I'd ever start making a film until I had both the intimacy with the subject and the distance to make it live in a certain way. "

" Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of. "

" I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed his actors, and I found out that's allowed... so you film reactions; you don't create them. "

" My films might have been queer - because I was - but they were not gay. "

" I started making movies in the early '90s, a few years after I discovered 'the cinema' during a three month stay in Paris during which I watched 100s of films. "

" I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance. "

" I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.' "

" I always hope that people feel less alone when they see a movie that I make. That some part of the story played out on the big screen will resonate for individuals in the audience in a way that gives them comfort. "

" I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious. "