I do love writing but it is a lonely profession. You're lonely and optimistic at the same time.

All movies are alchemy and time is one of the ingredients that goes into the alchemy. You want the time to be right; you don't want to rush it. You need the right script, the right cast and the right feeling in the culture.

Theres just something wonderful about getting a small group of people together in an isolated location, and theres something about cabins themselves that imply both horror and fun. When you go to a cabin, youre usually going to have a good time.

I do love writing but it is a lonely profession. You're lonely and optimistic at the same time.

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.

I try not to get too cute for cute's sake.

The greatest villain of all time is The Joker - he always has been, and I don't know anyone who's not going to have Heath Ledger's performance burnt into their brains for the rest of their lives.