My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

From stoplights to skyscrapers, turn anywhere in civilization and you will see imagination at work. It's in our inventions, advances and remedies and how a single parent masterminds each day. Imagination is boundless, surrounds us and resides in us all.

I devoted myself to writing for years without representation or a promise of anything. And there were times when I felt quite down about my prospects.

You only get one world premiere of your directorial debut.

If humanity is being swallowed by a modern primitivism, imagination might be the thing that saves us all.

Characters who experience great trauma will sometimes create an escape.

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.