As a child, I probably knew phrases that other children didn't known, like "pitocin drip" or "myocardial infarction." Some kind of knowledge was always in the air. My parents would always talk about science at the dinner table, saying something about this patient or some other patient. So I guess for a nanosecond in early high school, I thought about going into medicine.

Anime is intended to have ambiguous features. That's part of the art form.

I consider myself an independent filmmaker.

There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.

You don't want to watch classics with me 'cause I'm constantly writing notes.

My biggest fear in life is to be average.

I've been asked to direct pilots for a lot of shows.