I've been enjoying 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It's very witty and interesting to read about his time as a steamboat pilot.

I feel like I am very drawn to the short form stuff because it's just fun to be making something, and then, a week later, it's out. I will always be drawn to that kind of thing.

In my films that I've directed, and my work in commercials and videos, I've rarely used handheld. It's just not something I'm drawn to, but I've seen it done very well.

I grew up in San Francisco and moved to L.A. about 20 years ago, and now my main home is in Hollywood.

Movies are very expensive endeavors, and my first film was not particularly a money-maker. Quite the opposite.

It's not just people in Hollywood: I'm sure everyone in the world thinks, 'What would be it like if I won an Oscar?

Sometimes in writing you have difficult periods and then other times it just flows.