I grew up eating hamburger helper, macaroni and cheese, and drinking lots of milk, and looked at lots of cows; but I feel like a New Yorker now, I've lived here for sixteen years.

You can't run forever. There's only so much pavement that the road makers lay down. After a while, the highway quits going north and it just turns into sky. And you can't go anywhere in the sky unless you have a plane or some kind of rocket.

Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me.

When I am directing, it is much, much, much, much, much different. I'm a much more practical person in the world, I show up on time, I am very rigorous about scheduling, and I am very focused. But when I'm writing I am just a big, irresponsible mess and I'm just impossible to get in touch with, and I don't spend time with friends.

When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing a lot.

I dont see a lot of movies that portray the East Village as well as I think they can.

We only have so much time.... Time will kill you – it really will.