If you're in a relationship and you try to trust somebody who's completely untrustworthy, when trust is the basis of any relationship and everyone else says not to trust, is love transformative.

I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.

I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t.

I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre.

Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly.

What I love about writing is the contradictions we all embody as human beings.

It takes me awhile to find something that I'm passionate about. I'm reading a lot and thinking a lot, and torturing myself a lot because I'm feeling really guilty for not writing something today.