I'll have a sentence in my head that's kind of beautiful and interesting, but I'm not sure why or where it's coming from. So it's kind of funny, because when people point out patterns or themes, it's the exact opposite of my film school experience.

After working so long on something like this, it's great to go out and meet people and see the reactions and remind yourself that, oh, yeah,, I wasn't just working in a cave by myself for no reason...

When you get questions that annoy you the art is answering them differently. If you're bored with it, then everyone will be bored with it.

Both the writing and the visuals in that sense are very exploratory. It goes back to my rule for myself [in] making it.

Fighting a cold, but I'm powering through. As they say, there's nothing better for a cold than doing interviews all day.

Maybe the most annoying questions is: "Where do you see yourself in so many years?" It's a terrifying answer no matter how you think of it.

I frequently run into this, where I genuinely feel like - and this is not just my head cold talking right now - I often, and this is going to sound weird, but I often feel like the guy who makes these movies is smarter than me. Smarter than the guy on the phone right now.