I want to write stories that don't help you escape life, but embrace life.

I want to make accessible movies for bright people, but I don't want to play games and be coy.

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.

I've wanted to direct for a long time, but it had to be a story I wanted to tell. The writer's job is to find the story that he should tell.

I can't stop terrorism; I can't cure cancer. But I can put some stories out there in their own quiet way that talk about tolerance.

I've always written for actors, and if you want to write for good actors, you have to write parts that are surprising, that are human, and that allow them to go to a wide range of places.

The better the script, the less money there is. That's just the economics of the studio system.