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.

I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.

Everything I've ever worked on has been hard to classify.

What I'm looking for in my career, you know? You're looking for those lightning bolts of inspiration where someone says something that sparks an idea or suggests something strange.

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

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.