I don't make movies with the idea that people are going to walk out of them feeling comfortable or better about themselves or more secure in their own biases or opinions.

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.

One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write them.

For me, New Jersey is kind of a mythical place. It's emblematic of a certain aspect of American life. Florida is the same way. It's where people go to recreate, to reinvent themselves. It's what California used to be. I think Florida is still a place to erase the past.

A movie takes on its own life, and you have to respect that and be open to it.

Artwork can be a portal, a kind of rethinking and reseeing of the world as we live it.

I think there are many advantages to not knowing any of my prior work. The narrative threads, I think, are totally accessible to anyone who may never have heard of me. There's a beginning, a middle, and an end - I don't think there's going to be any confusion there.