As a culture, we are not comfortable with mortality. We do not accept it the way other cultures do. We cling to youth, and we don't want to die. It's like, 'Well, too bad, we do.'

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'

There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood.

If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason.

I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest I come to having a religion.

You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.

Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.