As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.

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.

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.

Right after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said "War is not the answer." That sign was either defaced, ripped up, or stolen every week. I had to replace that sign twelve times.

You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut.

You have to be careful of the advice you take.

We crash into each other just so we can feel something.