That's kind of how I've based my career. I find talented people and beg me to let me work with them.

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.

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.

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 just go with what excites me.

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