I graduated from college in 1980.

I don't think the world objectively exists the way we think it exists. There's a constant sort of storytelling process.

I wanted to deal with someone's idea of their relationship.

I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea.

There are so many people who are making movies now who can’t get any kind of distribution, so the market seems like it’s flooded.

Failure is a badge of honor. It means you risked failure. And if you don’t risk failure, you’re never going to do anything that’s different from what you’ve already done or what somebody else has done.

It's good when someone comes to a book or a movie and interacts with it. It's the difference between an illustration and a painting. An illustration serves a specific purpose, and a painting is something you can immerse yourself in.