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

There’s a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.

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.

So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff to write.

I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.