Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves.

I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.

First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.

If there had been zombies on the iceberg when the Titanic hit it, that would have made a much better movie.

What kind of dining set defines me as a person?

If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.