I came to filmmaking because it's my passion. I decided I can't have it distorted or marred by someone else deciding what it should be.

The thing that is most important is to feel like you're at the front of the line, to be prime or primer. I definitely never wanted to say that in the films, but that's where it comes from.

It's interesting because I don't ever want to ask a better question than I can answer, if that makes sense. I find that frustrating as a viewer. Compelling questions, while not easy, are easier than compelling answers.

I got a degree in math, from not a good school in Texas, and then I went to work as a software engineer. Just not glamorous at all.

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

I have a really, really hard time sitting down and watching a TV show, except I'm apparently willing to watch the same episode of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' like, seven times.

I believe that filmmakers have to internalize the story and subtext so well that all of the departments can start to speak to each other - that music can speak to cinematography can speak to writing and back again.