Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.

When I'm writing something, if it gets too serious, I just can't bear it, so I take a step back and take the overall scene in and vent the air a little bit.

I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean.

I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

You could say that evil is contagious in that we have this mesmerizing mentor in Uncle Charlie who comes into your life. Every person has a seed of evil inside them, and when you come across such a mesmerizing mentor, he is able to successfully turn it into a flower of evil.

The reason why I always wanted to make an American film was because of the Western genre. It is something that I would very much like to make in the future, because it's very uniquely American, and I can't make a Western film in Korean.

I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless.