What happens when these young men and women come home so scarred and so wounded? We are ignoring that fact. We're just shoving them under the carpet.

I like taking genres and subverting them. I did that with In the Valley of Elah. I said, "Okay, this is just a murder mystery. Relax." And then, two thirds of the way through, I broke every convention of a murder mystery.

Every 10 years, I know less about love and relationships. The smarter I get, the less I know.

I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough.

We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28 - no Q, no gadgets.

We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.

Always write from your gut, no matter what the project is.