I'm always trying to look for how I can find human stories that aren't just dramas.

Life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything.

I love really exploring... you know, a cop drama for example is a great way to explore class in this country and explore, you know, really, identity in the country and who we are in a way that is extremely exciting, but it's also real, you know, it's also real people and real drama. The same with the military. I mean, a good science fiction story is also great.

How to make a scary movie human, take a movie like Sinister. How can I make that guy so real so that the scary elements of it are more scary and it functions as a genre movie - as the way it's supposed to, you want to hear a ghost story at midnight, that's a good one - but how do you fill it up with humanity inside, in staying true to the genre? You know? Does that make sense?

It is quite rare to find people who are really dedicated to a level of excellence. Most of us are really quite lazy most of the time.

I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.

There's only so often you're going to have an opportunity to contribute at a high level and that you should be grateful whenever one presents itself and not take it lightly.