I always wanted to write movies that I'd direct. I didn't come at it from a writing standpoint more than a directing standpoint, except that growing up, I didn't have the opportunity to shoot as much as I did to write.

I live in Manhattan now, because, in a way, it was my fantasy.

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 think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.

I try to write 'and it's all very funny' after each scene description so that the reader can imagine the movie in their head.

When you find yourself on the Internet when you're supposed to be writing, you've already lost. It's even beyond procrastination when you end up on the Internet.

I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.