It's disingenuous to say that criticism doesn't get to you or you don't hear it or that you ignore it. When everybody says, 'That's crap. I hated that,' you hear it. But it's much, much worse when they're right: when you feel that it is an absolute piece of tosh. I made the film I wanted to make, so
“If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay alive.”
“You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision.”