It never made sense to me that someone would achieve any kind of success in show business, only to become a jerk.

Time off from the news is always something I welcome.

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.

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

I sometimes don't know what I'm writing when I start writing it, on some level.

My trick is the trick that everyone knows: Work really hard and prepare.

I know not everyone starts out reading high literature. If you read enough you might be drawn to some other things, so maybe those vampire books are what they call 'gateway books.' I just coined that term. I don't know if there's a thing called 'gateway books.