I don't read books on how to write screenplays just because I'm stubborn. So it's all sort of made up.

When something is beautiful in math, everything is just perfectly lined up, and you see through sheer thought that something really beautiful can take place.

I had a really generic upbringing, I think, when it comes to viewing movies as a kid. I didn't really know what was out there or what was being tried. I was, like, 'E.T.' and 'Indiana Jones.' Those were the only things I knew existed.

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.

I've always been anxious about 'Primer.' There's good things about it, but all I've seen for a long time is the flaws.

All I know is that as an audience member, I am less and less inclined to go to the theater.

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