I love working with actors. I love visual things. I always intended to be a writer who directs and a director who writes.

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.

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

The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is you, and if you offer yourself with authenticity and generosity I will be moved.

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.

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.

Scary is time passing and sickness and dying and regret and isolation and loneliness and relationship problems - as opposed to a guy in a hockey mask, which didn't seem that scary.