Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.

I was always looking for the most dramatic emphasis. One example would be the letter writing, or the reading of the letters. If you remember from the book, they find the letters and then in the most undramatic way they take them downstairs, they get approval, they sit at a table during the day with their own author, across from each other.

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

Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?

Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.

I'm more than open to hope, but I think men and women have a difficult time dealing with each other and often take the low road.