There is a Steve [Jobs] that Apple would like to actually present to the public. They have a character, Steve, and they want to keep that story going. And it's very important that writers challenge that occasionally and not just trust their parent companies to tell them.

I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it.

Once, a French journalist told me that all my films are the same. I said, 'Excuse me? I work hard to make them different.' What she meant was that in my films there is a character that faces insurmountable odds, and they overcome them. But I thought that might be true, but you need certain factors for drama, and you need to overcome them.

The perfect equation is form equals content. The style of the film reflects the story, and that's what you're always aiming for. You're not always necessarily successful at it, but that's the ambition that you're trying to do.

I have this theory that your first film is always your best film in some way. I always try to get back to that moment when you're not relying on things you've done before.

It just seduces you when you read a story and your brain relates to it. You recognize or connect with it. You identify with it; you're bound to.