So when I write characters and situations and relationships, I try to sort of utilize what I know about the world, limited as it is, and what I hear from my friends and see with my relatives.

I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process.

Meet me in Montauk.

From my vantage point in writing a story, I can't and don't and have no interest in thinking about the level of sophistication of the audience. I can only think about what interests me, and maybe what I would want to see if I were watching the movie. To me, that's the key to writing something that's not pandering.

I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world.

She was nice. Nice is good.

Sand is overrated. It's just tiny little rocks.