I never gave my career much strategic thought. Maybe I should have.

I'm mainly interested in people trying to figure s#!t out.

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

There are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.

A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built.

As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos.

The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure.