I actually feel that all drama has an element of comedy in it. A great deal of that I learned from writers like Chekhov who called his plays his comedy even when they touch on tragedy.

As a father, I wanted to make a movie that my kids can love.

When working on and writing a film, I'm often more of a sponge than other times, aware of what's going on around me.

I do love the young adult novels as a form and genre, because it has a purity of intention and heart.

To be a creative person and be a professional, as an artist you have to be able to withstand pain, rejection, and for some, a lot of bad feelings, but you have to be able to look through those.

I try not to articulate ideas in the film once I've arrived on the plot and the characters. I believe that if I focus my attention with enough compassion and heart on those things, then other things will be revealed, and that's from the education that I've had from the novel.

All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. That’s what I love about cinema. It changes in the moment.