Occupation: Screenwriter Birth: August 6, 1970
The whole world makes comic book movies now..
People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see ….
Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping..
Basically, when I'm writing something, I think about what is the subject of the piece. The subject of the piece is our fear of getting old, which is ….
One of the reasons I really love low budget filmmaking is you don't have to think about that as much. You can have more fun and be more playful and b….
Most of the time, I don't watch classics with anybody. I have to be by myself. That's my classroom..
See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just….
Is it possible that there are no coincidences?.
For instance, The Sixth Sense had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention..
I'm super confident about creative stuff, and I'm really not confident about human interactions stuff..
I'm so from the Woody Allen/Spike Lee school..
I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies..
I storyboard every shot of my thrillers in general. I draw them out and do them..
I find it very eerie when somebody is being really polite..
When you say fear of the unknown, that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and its genetically within us so….
You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't..
There's no staying where you were. If you're not doing anything, your skills and point of view are atrophying..
There are scenes that were right on the edge, but I always try to err on non-indulgence. It's something that I'm very careful about, that I'm just le….
Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture..
You're never the same. You're degrading, or you're getting better. You don't stay the same..
You're saying, "I'm gonna do this thing," and you have to be aware, as a rational human being, that you may not be allowed back in..