I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.

In storytelling, the audience actually wants to work for their meal, they just don't want to know that they're doing it.

I think in the future we might see things arrive the way Prince announces a concert where a few days before the show he announces it and tickets just go up. You might see that with movies and other things.

We all fall into our habits, our routines, our ruts. They're used quite often, consciously or unconsciously, to avoid living, to avoid doing the messy part of having relationships with other people, of dealing with a person next to us. That's why we can all be in a room on our cell phones and not have to deal with one another.

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.

I almost feel like it's an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.

And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.