If you develop 10 things, and you can get two or three made, that's a very high ration.

Sometimes, something seems dead, and then out of the blue, someone just figures out the way to fix a script and it goes.

I remember the review from Michael Wilmington in Chicago, and Gene Siskel wrote really smart reviews where I thought, "Oh, they totally get what we're attempting to do."

I'm always begging people like James Brooks and Cameron Crowe to come to screenings, to see what they make of it, and they're always ridiculously helpful. They also keep me brave enough to commit to what I'm trying to do. They can be great cheerleaders for risk-taking.

We are at this weird moment where there's an economic model that supports creativity. People are demanding something new and fresh.

Every time I perform in front of people, no matter how well it goes, the next day, I feel humiliated.

I like when people are very passionate about what they want to write about. Even if it's silly, you can be very passionate about it.