You go from these high hopes when you're writing to just a desperate want of not making a complete fool of yourself by the end of it.

Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars!

That's part of the appeal of time-travel movies: The notion of going back and fixing something.

I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away in the back of your brain. Even if you aren't consciously thinking of them, I think they simmer. You're working on them, even if you don't know you're working on them, and I think having something in your head for a while is a valuable thing.

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.

The only advice I can really give to the young filmmakers is to be persistent, don't give up, and keep watching and making as many movies as you possibly can.

I really spend as long as I can sketching everything out and working on the structure before I sit down to type out scenes.