As I'm writing, I start to see connections, and themes I didn't see, and that sparks other things. So then I go back and rewrite things or alter them. It's a combination of intuition and a lot of finessing. It becomes a combination of the rational and the irrational.

I think you just assume that your memory is just sort of a video playback of your experience, but it's nothing like that at all. It's a complete refabrication of an event and a lot of it is made up, because you're filling in spaces.

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

I'm in my mind a lot. I live there.

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

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.

And also the idea of not making it apparent that it's different from the rest of the film, even though there are visual differences, the audience is supposed to think that they are with him when he wakes up in the morning.