My god is narrative filmmaking.

I've spent a life loving women and studying them as much as I can, or am allowed to.

As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it.

I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking

I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter how low it gets, something good will come along - something always comes out of that dark period.

I was always writing about the connection between man and nature. I grew up in a neighborhood that was right on the beach, but the beach was not like a beach you would imagine - there was a lot of pollution. And the most magical thing to me as a kid was sea glass, so I wrote about that a lot.

I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances.