I just try to be honest, because I think that's part of my job description as a writer.

Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.

Why do I fall in love with every woman I see that shows me the least bit of attention?

David Lynch is very important to me, and he does dreamlike movies, but my dreams are not like David Lynch's dreams. I have no interest in copying anybody's work. It would never occur to me to want this to look like someone else's thing.

We try to organize the world, which isn't organized the way our brains want to organize it. We tell stories about the people in our lives, we project ideas onto them. We project relationships with people, we make our lives into stories. I don't think we can avoid doing that.

You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?

I wanted to deal with someone's idea of their relationship.