I don't judge my characters, and that's my job not to judge them. It's my job to treat them with respect and to just look at it from their point of view.

If you're trying to drop ten pages from a screenplay, it hurts like hell, but if you just put it away for a month and then take it out, you can do it just like that!

I steal from every movie ever made.

A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.

You should be semi-embarrasse d about certain people seeing your movie.

Critics don't want to see directors they like make too much of a left turn. That's good for criticism.

I don't think there's anything to be afraid of. Failure brings great rewards - in the life of an artist.