My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post-production.

I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world.

I have ideas written down some places, but usually I can't find them. I'm not very organized.

I think if something resonates, even if it's surreal, it's because it is relatable and I think that that's a core issue for me.

I'm trying to tell a story and do it truthfully.

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.

If I were doing somebody else's script or I adapted a book by Philip Roth, on set there could be a million different interpretations of the material and people could argue with me. Certainly on Synecdoche, New York we had discussions and arguments, but I felt like I had authority because I'm a writer.