I think in general with micro-budget films right now, it's rough. The economy is rough. I think that affects everyone from big filmmakers to tiny filmmakers.

Sometime female characters, especially in the genre of something that people consider rom-com, make mistakes in a cute way or they're a mess in a way that's palatable. I like that.

I think when you're a teenager, you always feel as if life is happening somewhere else - it certainly isn't happening to you. And then you get to the place where you think your life is supposed to be, and you look around and realize it doesn't exist.

Using the energy in a scene can really cut the fat off of something and streamline it. It can make it work for you and activate it for you in a way.

Let your characters talk to each other and do things. Spend time with them - they'll tell you who they are and what they're up to.

You feel sadness for time passing. New York is a city that keeps reinventing itself, and I love it so much.

When I felt like I was looking down the barrel of nothing on the horizon it was hard for me.