I don't get a sense of American pride. I just get a sense that everyone is here, battling the same thing - that around the world everybody's after the same thing, just some minor piece of happiness each day.

Crazy is so hard to play, there's nothing you can really tell an actor.

Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling.

I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.

I write from my stomach.