The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.

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.

I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies.

I definitely enjoy getting to know people I find inspiring.

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