People will listen to you only when they know you're dying, otherwise they're just waiting for their turn to talk.

What's burning down is a re-creation of a period revival house patterned after a copy of a copy of a copy of a mock Tudor big manor house. It's a hundred generations removed from anything original, but the truth is aren't we all?

Make me into anything, but just love me.

You don't have ideas when you're sitting in that sort of sterile little place, and you're not around people. The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone. I just need that dynamic of other people around me to get my work done.

What would Tyler Durden do?

Your folks are god, you love them and you want to make them happy but you still want to make up your own rules.

For sure, even the worst blow job is better than, say, sniffing the best rose ... watching the greatest sunset. Hearing children laugh.