Whatever bliss we think we're going to find, we may find it in brief flashes, fleeting moments that come and go. There's an impossibility to nailing down any good feeling.

A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do you really feel? And, what do you really want? If you can answer those two, you probably can leave your neuroses behind you.

Once you're alienated, you're on your own. That takes you to the world of the existential, where things just kind of float.

I think of myself as a real writer, not just someone who dabbles in it, so I deserve some credit.

I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down.

The trick with sequels is, you have to give people what they liked before, yet be innovative enough so they don't feel like they're seeing the same movie.

At a certain point, you have to convince the actors that you've done the right thing. The way I work, if I can't convince them, I've got to move on. I can't coerce them or browbeat them.