There is a drunkenness to grief, which is good.

I'm into people's emotional lives and relationships and the complications of living. That's my turf.

Grief and memory go together. After someone dies, that's what you're left with. And the memories are so slippery yet so rich.

I am intrigued by inanimate objects. They're a piece of history, someone's statement and ideas of life.

The littlest thing can have the strongest connection when you're grieving. Your Proustian, poetic nerve is turned up to ten.

To me it's like, every time I'm a director, like today, you're the captain of the ship, so you better dress like it. You're the host of the party.

There's great sadness and life doesn't work out like you would want, on a lot of levels, but there's no need to feel all alone. This happens to everybody, so there's no self-pity. This is the ride that humans are on, and all of it is essential for our natural part of it.