I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world.

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

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 spent so many years trying to become an actor, trying to be a person that I wasn't.

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.

My job as a dramatist is to find out where these characters want to go, and make it as hard as possible for them to get there.

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