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

Wes Anderson grew up in Houston, and he and I talk about Manhattan in similar ways, as a kind of fantasy world.

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.

If you don't feel good about something, you don't shake it off easily.

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials

Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.

I like to have memories of a place. It brings something extra. I'm not even sure what it is. I mean, it's the same part of it as I like using friends in small parts or people I know or my doorman.