I tend to read things that are a little more on the nourishing side. But if I don't enjoy something, I'll put it down.

A lot of times, we're just sold these movies that are really cynically conceived and marketed, and they just want you there opening weekend, before everybody finds out it's not so good.

When I write a film, there's a particular thing I am wrestling with and the question or concern I'm dealing with has to be big enough for me to dedicate a year or two of my life. If the question isn't big enough, or rich enough, I'll lose interest.

I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.

I'll say this, and this has nothing to do with gender or sexuality: You do not want to get licked in the face repeatedly by another human being. You just don't. It's not pleasant.

Knowing when to say something and when not to say something is important.

I went through this very serious Woody Allen phase in college and a little bit after college. I still see his movies.