Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps.

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.

I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it.

In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.