In the event of war, I'm a hostage.

Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right.

The movie is usually, for me, something organic that grows all the time. I sit home and write it, and I'm in an isolated, four-walled environment, and I don't know what's going on. I just write it, and it's appearing in my head in some idealized way where every single moment works, and every little thing is perfect, because it's in my head.

I always write the same way. I always write with a yellow pad and a ballpoint pen on my bed. And then I go and type it up afterwards. I've always done that. Those things become habitual.

My mother never had time for me. When you're the middle child in a family of five million, you don't get any attention.

I love the rain - it washes memories off the sidewalk of life.

The whole country was tied together by radio. We all experienced the same heroes and comedians and singers. They were giants.