I see characters lying all the time in a lot of Hollywood movies. They can't do this because it would affect the movie this way or that or this demographic might not like it. To me a character can't do anything good or bad, they can only do something that's true or not.

When you start writing, you have your characters on a metaphorical paved road, and as they go down it, all these other roads become available that they can go down. And a lot of writers have roadblocks in front of those roads: they won’t allow their characters to go down those roads... I’ve never put any roadblocks on any of these paths. My characters can go wherever they would naturally go, and I’ll follow them.

I've never used High Definition video, never, ever, ever, ever, ever. And I never will. I can't stand that crap.

I live in the Hollywood Hills. When I see a cop driving around there, I actually assume that he has my best interests at heart and that he has the best interests of my property at heart. I think if you'd go to Pasadena, they'd say the same thing. And I think if you knocked on doors in Glendale and asked them, they'd say the same thing.

Even Christoph Waltz's character, Colonel Landa in 'Inglourious Basterds', I never judged him.

Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.

I do like putting scenario and story first, and I actually like masking whatever I want to say in the guise of genre.