I think it's really hard to work in a city where you live too, because I get so absorbed with the movie that I become a bad friend and a bad participant in my own life.

In college, it's very easy to maintain your female friendships because you're in such close proximity all the time.

The economy is rough. I think that affects everyone from big filmmakers to tiny filmmakers.

I had dreams, but I didn't have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched.

I like acting and things when I like the writing. If I don't like the writing, I don't like acting. I think in some ways everything starts for me from the place of writing.

I’m not saying that everyone needs to be celibate, but you don’t need a romance to complete a story about a woman

I like people who love books and movies and art and want to talk about it all the time, because that's basically what I want to talk about. Intellectuals that are funny.