Filmmaking is a thousand choices a day and it's important to just let those choices potentially be informed by something deeper.

When I started writing short stories, I thought I was writing a novel. I had like 60 or 70 pages. And what I realized was that I don't write inner monologue. I don't want to talk about what somebody is thinking or feeling. I wanted to try to show it in an interesting way. And so what I realized was that I was really writing a screenplay.

I am a control freak but it's important to feel strongly about the material you're working on.

Pierrot le Fou is something I keep coming back to. Its so surreal but still really engaging - it proves narratives within narratives are a landscape that can be pursued well.

My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story.

Everybody's saying we've got to go 3D or virtual reality or choose your own adventure. But there are other ways forward. I don't think we're done with film by a long shot.

I don't believe that narrative works when it's trying to teach a lesson or speak a factual truth.