To me the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't think it's ever a rational process.

I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.

I've never forgotten what it's like to be in your early twenties, which is not a particularly easy time. You've left your family, you've left the strictures of high school, and you're trying to break free and form yourself but you have to support yourself as well. We don't really give enough credence to that time of life and to its troubles.

I don't think good films have messages.

I always find it extremely hard to remember the act of beginning. I almost deliberately forget it.

To me the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't think it's ever a rational process.

I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.