I prefer writing originals.

If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done.

What you need to know to direct a movie is [of] such great variety. I've worked with people who were maestros, who know everything. I've worked with people who were empty and lost, who had no clue what they were doing. You wouldn't hire them to paint your apartment. And then there's everything in-between. There's no list of skills you have to have to sit in that chair.

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 love IMAX when it works right.

No one can help you write. No one can teach you how to write.

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