We are so vocal about what we hate.

To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to me. So much of New York comes from everyone bumping into each other.

And as a filmmaker, I'm trying to unhook myself from this idea that unless you have a brilliant, long, enormously lucrative theatrical run, that your movie somehow failed. And I don't believe that.

Talk about what you love and keep quiet about what you don't.

I learned to choose my battles. Sometimes I let my producer deal with something that I didn't want to deal with.

Each film is difficult, in its own particular way. There's a unique set of challenges on every movie.

As a person, I'm anti-violence.