I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.

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.

David Lynch is very important to me, and he does dreamlike movies, but my dreams are not like David Lynch's dreams. I have no interest in copying anybody's work. It would never occur to me to want this to look like someone else's thing.

People will say things after a screening that it affects them in a certain way, which is why I don't like to explain what certain things are about. I want them to have that. It limits people's ability to understand something if I say it's "about this." That's happened to us a bunch on this.

There are things that aren't represented in movies that are a big part of everyone's life. This is a movie about health and about the body.

Sometimes I don't like the books that I'm reading.

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