What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It's more 'thematically personal' - what's up in my life in terms of themes at the moment.

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

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

My whole thing is that I want to explore why you read books, what's the purpose of reading, and maybe that it's not that cool to hate something just because it's popular.

It's really hard to be poor in New York - I was really poor when I lived in New York.

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

I have great people surrounding me and helping me out. I'm totally in love with directing movies and I hope to do more of it.