As much as I love period movies and especially more swashbuckling movies, I think that sometimes they tend to be, umm... it's hard for the audience to relate to them.

Its as boring to see a completely evil villain as it is to see a completely good guy.

It's okay to lie as long as you reach a higher truth doing it.

I think there's something strange about writing a script I've written many, many scripts - dozens and dozens of scripts - and every time I start one, I think to myself: 'why in the world do I think I know how to do this?'

I know a lot of directors have a whole staff of people trying to find their next film for them. I always just end up writing mine.

I think test screenings with an audience are useful because they have no dog in the fight, they just say how they feel.

I think writing is a difficult thing and you need to suffer a little bit, even if it's just to sit there and think what an idiot you are and how anyone else could do this better than you can.