I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves as I make them. As long as the theme is something I care about at the moment, it's enough for me to start work. Maybe work itself is what my life is about.

All good work requires self-revelation.

For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.

There's a powerful magic about being a writer that I still marvel at.

If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.

Everything becomes creative if the person doing the job is

There are no personal revelations other than feelings arising from the work itself