You know I want to be a director, but you could never truly see the movies in my head and that, Ed, is why we broke up.

Dead women tell no tales. Sad men write them down.

When you need a haircut, it looks like you have no one to take care of you.

Mostly, it's flattering to meet fans. As long as it's in a planned, professional meeting, rather than, say, someone dropping by my home, which is not as pleasant.

...everyone was right about you- prove them wrong.

Just about everybody has written a first novel that they throw away before writing their actual first novel.

I never thought about whether film is inherently more sincere, because certainly I think if Guy Maddin had directed A Series Of Unfortunate Events, there probably could have been more of the stage-y irony that is in the books. But I was just interested to see what people would do with it, and worrying that Brad Silberling wouldn't do what I had in mind.