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

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.

It turns out that good actors can make anything believable.

If you believe in someone enough, and you just don't stop believing in them, mo matter what, no matter how much they push you away, and no matter how often they prove they're only there to use you.

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

I like to really respect the audience and let them come through on answers.

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.