It's easy to love humanity when you're this far away from it.

In all fields of creativity you see the result of work that has become habit. Where the creative impulse has become flaccid or has died out altogether, and yet because it is our work and our life we continue to do it.

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.

I am more greatly moved by people who struggle to express themselves...I prefer the abstract concept of incoherence in the face of great feeling to beautiful, full sentences that convey little emotion.

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step toward it.

I broke things to get attention.

I'm not sure you learn anything on film sets.