In a lot of movies, especially big studio ones, they're not constructed in any other way than to get people to like them and then tell their friends. It's a product.

You're dealing with the body, and you're dealing with bodily functions. We romanticize everything about people in movies.

Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it.

I'm interested in art, and I think about the process of making art. It's part of my personality, my experience of the world, so it ends up in the movies. It's where my head is.

I choose to write characters from the inside because I feel like that's the way I'm gonna get the most honest version of them.

Directing was a big learning experience for me because I had to deal with every aspect of everything-all this constant decision-making, with people asking you questions at every moment, and you have to have answers for them all.

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