I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience.

My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people.

But I'd be lying if I didn't say that every time you go to make a film, you're desperate to either do it better than you did it last time or to not repeat yourself.

My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him never forgot him.

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

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

I write from my stomach.