I have a healthy view of what one can do with art.

I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.

My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.

Sitting in an automobile was where I first remember understanding how drama works ... Hidden in the back seat of a sedan, I quickly realized how deep the chasm or intense the claustrophobia could be inside your average family car.

You start as an audience member and create a world you're interested in, and then you move into the telling of those stories, bringing what has interested you as an audience member.

I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.

With In the Company of Men, the misogynist label stuck early and firmly. In the end, it probably did hurt the film a bit, because getting women into the theaters was difficult.