I remember being taught in school that you would underline things that you liked. I remember just underlining everything as a kid, thinking, 'This has all gotta be important!' I would just underline the whole thing!

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

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

I guess what I like in my movies is where you see a character change by maybe two degrees as opposed to the traditional movie change of ninety degrees. I guess that always feels false to me in movies because that doesn't truly happen. Around me, at least in the life I live, I guess I don't see people change ninety or a hundred degrees. I see them change in very small increments. I think it's just a monitor I might have on myself as a writer to not make any false scenes.

I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.

I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.

Clinton used to like to get out of the White House a lot. He would take night trips to McDonald's, and stuff like that. I think he wanted to get out of the house.