Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them.

I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

I realize how much I rely on the actors to really know the lines because I tend to forget what they are exactly, even though I've written them. I don't have them memorized. But when it's going well, there is that point where the actor starts to know more about the character than I do.

I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.

I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.

As a kid, I thought of myself as a funny person who secretly wanted to be serious, but now I think maybe I'm a serious person who secretly wants to be funny.

How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting.