I don't like to be crazy on different levels all of the time.

The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice.

You have to know human behaviour … And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You’ll never write above what you know about people.

I have written a bunch of scripts that have not gotten produced, much more so early in my career than later.

I can't imagine directing from someone else's script.

I like emotions, but I really don't like sentimentality, and I don't like when things break their spell.

Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter.