As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy.

I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood.

I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

Big emotions that are unexplained are really scary. At least to me.

As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy.

When I first moved up to San Francisco to write Where The Wild Things Are, I had a couple moments where I talked to somebody, and they're like, "Oh, I love that book. I love this part of it," or, "This is what it means to me." And it's like, "Well, I don't know. I guess that's not what I'm making the movie about." But very early on, I don't know, we sort of let go of that fear.