Ultimately, I think writing is a mixture of craft, inspiration, and being incredibly, courageously explorative with yourself - and being brutally honest, too.

I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things.

Great talent admits shortcomings.

I don't want to repeat myself. I'm not going to play a guy like Allen in Happiness again any time soon because I did that and I don't want to tarnish or dilute that film by doing it again, maybe less well.

Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it.

Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself.

When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.