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

The most fun characters to work with are characters that are complicated.

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

The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as a director, to understand that.

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

Some people like when it rains a lot. Some people like sunshine. The idea that there's one, all encompassing afterlife is strange. It doesn't seem to make sense because we're all such different people.

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.