I often find myself writing about people taking care of each other, or trying to. And often seem to write about situations that are too big for the characters.
Kenneth LonerganI grew up going to the movies, not watching them on television, so I'm still a bit resistant to TV as a medium.
Kenneth LonerganI feel like if you can describe something fully and accurately, then people will be able to see it themselves - they don't need be told what to.
Kenneth LonerganI wanted to be a director first to protect my writing. I'm a playwright and you don't need to protect your writing when you're in the theater because everyone's there to protect the writing. When I had an idea for a film that I really cared about as my own, I wanted to direct it, and then I immediately became interested in directing in and of itself because it's such a deep art. You suddenly have all these tools at your disposal to tell the story.
Kenneth Lonergan