I've never been a snob. It [movie] is just about stories. And I've never felt just because it's a big screen and you plop down your eight bucks that gives it a special meaning. It's just "Are you good at telling a story?"

There's a difference between failures and things that are bad.

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

I have a friend whose theory is that you're from wherever you went to high school. I think that's mostly true.

I think the feeling that we're going to work together again usually starts to come up before the first project's even done. The Black Keys and I have already talked about starting on something new.

I want to thank anyone who spends part of their day creating...anybody who spends part of their day sharing their experience with us-I think this world would be unlivable without art and I thank you.