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.

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

People love conversation, and movies are conversations, and an audience has to participate; it has to fill in some blanks.

I think it's a fantastic thing to be alive.

I feel like there's a certain kind of laughter missing in the world.

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.