To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.

No one leaves the edit room thinking, 'Yeah, I nailed that one!' Everyone I know goes into their first premiere or their first screening thinking, 'I screwed up so bad. I'm sorry, I messed up.' It's just a real common feeling.

L.A. is so isolated and unhip in a way; it gives you room to figure out who you are and explore more personal stuff.

As someone who grew up in a house where there wasn't a lot of talking, I'm used to just looking at the world. And in general I often feel like I just don't understand what's happening. That everybody else does, but I don't quite get it.

Life is too short for a half-rack.

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.

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