When I sit down, I find that it's much easier for me to want to consume a movie than to dip back into 20 or 40 or 60 hours of a television series. I think a great movie is really amazing. But, television does give you a larger canvas.

As a journalist you have to think quickly, you're exposed to all types of people and situations and you've got to synthesize your thoughts in a very clear and concise way and write them down quickly. Those were all things that have proven really useful in my life as a television writer.

It sounds corny, but I think people need stories to process the world. That's our business. That's the job we're in. We tell stories.

If people walk out of the movie and they think about it, then that's quite something.

I love films where I'm looking around the world a little different now that I've seen that. I want something that nourishes my view of the world.

You can't outsmart or outguess the audience in terms of what the narrative answer is.

I like projects that are entertaining, where I'm emotionally engaged and there's something to think about afterwards.