I tend to be drawn more to people than pure story ideas.

We all get outraged by things and there are things that make us angry and maybe for a while we get angry enough to actually go do something about it.

Sometimes I might feel like [a movie] is kind of a weird idea and if I'm going to get enough money to execute it properly I've got to get somebody in it that is going to justify the expense.

Never had a cup of coffee in my life. Dr Pepper is my caffeine delivery system of choice.

I've found through experience that I'm only good when I'm writing something that, in essence, only I could write. The times I've written for hire, for other people, I don't think I've done very well.

We [people] are a species that's wired to tell stories. We need stories. It's how we make sense of things. It's how we learn.

Jude [Law] is really good at playing an obsessive. He has a very watchable quality when he's on a quest for something.