I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it.

I guess I probably took New York for granted. Growing up, playing in the street, going down to the Avenue to the record store and to the grocery store and stuff like that.

When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.

I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.

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.

Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me.

I'm a huge proponent of therapy and analysis, but it's something that, in a nonprofessional way, can be abused.