If someone gives you a piece of advice that sounds right and feels right, use it. If someone gives you a piece of advice that sounds right and feels wrong, don’t waste so much as a single second on it. It may be fine for someone else, but not for you.

Often, the stories are very much like trust falls. You fall, and you hope the story's going to catch you.

It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.

Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak.

I remember a point in [writing] the story where I said, "This isn't working, I should go and buy something at the supermarket or my wife will kill me." Then I said, "No, I'll go on."

My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in five wars in the infantry, always on the front line, and never hurt anybody.

The amazing thing about an artistic collaboration is that it is as intense and intimate as a romantic one. Sometimes even more so.