I like to think of characters in relation to other cinematic characters.

I've slept with men that are unavailable, I've fallen in love with people I don't know.

Watching my own past heartache and experience day after day - it was gut-wrenching, cathartic, beautiful, and painful. That and shooting the film in less than a month.

The biggest misconception is that I only write about shitty people. Or that I'm trying to be shocking. I just think people are super weird, so I like to write characters that get addicted to things, lose their minds, hurt others, put themselves in bad situations. I'm just more interested in that.

I've been in love with my best friend and not been able to tell that person.

I've really carelessly gotten out of relationships that were incredibly destructive instead of being honest.

Without the benefit of Google, ask anybody to name more than five female filmmakers that have made more than three films. It's shockingly hard.