I was always writing scripts, and I had made several shorts, before and after film school. But I worked a variety of temp positions over the years.

In these times of stress, snark, division and despair, I still suspect that two of the most important features we possess are imagination and a capacity for goodness. Those are qualities for which we will be remembered most fondly.

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

I think if you get your fifth script made, that's the fast track. But there's no guarantee any of them will get made.

I love so many different genres. I love crime films - and unusual coming-of-age pieces.

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.

I'm interested in how innocence fares when it collides with hard reality.