I know that as a very young child, I was afraid of death. Many children become aware of the notion of death early and it can be a very troubling thin….

We try to organize the world, which isn't organized the way our brains want to organize it. We tell stories about the people in our lives, we project….

I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world..

I really like when critics reveal their subjectivity and their humanity. I prefer it when people say nice things, but if they say not-nice things or ….

We're all subjective beings and trapped in our own realities and our own biographical stories and physical bodies and our histories - and that's the ….

It's good when someone comes to a book or a movie and interacts with it. It's the difference between an illustration and a painting. An illustration ….

When I found myself in that situation - that actors are like children, I tried to be successful. And when it worked and I figured out how to communic….

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays. It's more that I wanted to see what it w….

I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people..

I think that people create the world that they live in. Your existence is very subjective, and you tell stories and organize the world outside of you….

I'm not a celebrity. I'm intentionally and defiantly not a celebrity. I don't have any interest in it. I don't have any talent for it. I keep my pers….

I'm not working on anything. I was trying to write something new . . . I guess the goal for me now, at least at this point, is to try to direct again..

The sad thing about working on a movie is that you can never see the movie..

There really is only one ending to any story. Human life ends in death. Until then, it keeps going and gets complicated and there's loss. Everything ….

There's a point I can get to where I start writing character and then through the dialogue, after all of this preparation, the thing starts to feel l….

The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is y….

I'm Jewish, and my family is Jewish. I was very interested in Woody Allen when I was growing up, but I don't think of myself as a Jewish writer. I'm ….

I try when I'm writing to leave enough "space" for people to have their own interpretation, and not to direct it toward one conclusion. Then the audi….

There is a lot of management going on with directing. Maybe that was the biggest surprise-just the amount of tending that I had to do. The different ….