If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.

I suppose that anyone who does any kind of creative work some time in their life - especially as you grow into middle age! - you come to a time where you really question more and more frequently, whether you have anything else to offer. And at its worst, you feel utterly bereft of whatever creative force it takes to do that work.

It is awesome to feel you are carrying on the family name.

I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.

Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.

I like to learn about things.

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.