A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and steer it.

Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not.

Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.

Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.

There's nothing that you like in this world that wasn't influenced by a bunch of key things; nothing came completely clean out of a vacuum.

I've been a fan of movies longer than anything else. One thing I learned a long time ago is that you can't translate a book literally to the screen. It won't work because it's a different medium. And it would be the same in reverse.

I'm a family man, I have kids, and I go to the movies. And I'm just going to make the kind of movie I want to see.