I think directing and writing are very different jobs. Obviously, directing is a more social and managerial job. The other thing about directing is that it's a very, very pragmatic job, and writing isn't.

I think dreams are metaphors. Everything you do in writing is metaphorical. So it seems like the same arena to me.

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

I hate a movie that will end by telling you that the first thing you should do is learn to love yourself. That is so insulting and condescending, and so meaningless. My characters don't learn to love each other or themselves.

Writing is a journey into the unknown.

I'm old enough, by a long shot, to remember going to the library and spending days researching. If I was looking for a line from a poem or something else I needed, that would be the trip I would have to take.

Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true.