I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.

No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it's the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope.

I think the word 'earnest' kind of has a negative connotation on some level. I think one of the things that's happened is that being cynical is somehow conflated with being sophisticated. I think that's problematic, to say the least.

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun.

One thing I'm most proud of, in my movies, is that I think the performances are super-strong, but that's not all me. I think part of it is casting appropriately.

I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.