I wrote a play once called 'Lobby Hero,' which I thought turned out very well, but there's no final version of it. I published the one we produced, but there are seven other versions with different variations sitting in my desk at home.

I like to let the actors work the way they want to.

I don't think fast enough on my feet in terms of the writing to change the script too much when I'm shooting it. I like to have it set and done and know that I feel good about it and I might add a few lines here and there while we're shooting, if I think of a new joke, I might toss it in, but for the most part, I try to stick to the written script and have all the latitude exist within that.

I actually think storyboards are great. I don't draw well enough to do them myself. I've only used storyboards a couple of times.

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.

I still haven't quite caught on to the idea of writing without dialogue. I like writing dialogue, and there's nothing wrong with dialogue in movies.

I was nearly a teen-ager before I stopped assuming that everyone I met was Jewish.