We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.

Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.

It's a lot harder to find fault with the mundane details of daily existence when you really, really know on a cellular level that you're going to go, and that this moment, right now, is life. Life isn't what happens to you in 20 years. This moment, right now, is your life.

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

It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about.

Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by.

I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart attack. The anxiety would be way too much for me. I don't have as strong a backbone as those other show writers.