I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it..

But I'd be lying if I didn't say that every time you go to make a film, you're desperate to either do it better than you did it last time or to not r….

Clinton used to like to get out of the White House a lot. He would take night trips to McDonald's, and stuff like that. I think he wanted to get out ….

I guess what I like in my movies is where you see a character change by maybe two degrees as opposed to the traditional movie change of ninety degree….

How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically..

My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people..

I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will..

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it..

It's so hard to do anything that doesn't owe some kind of debt to what Stanley Kubrick did with music in movies. Inevitably, you're going to end up d….

I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood..

My older sister was at the cusp of new wave, and I had older brothers from my father's first marriage who were rock 'n' roll guys, so I was exposed t….

You write who you are. But you also cheat, and youwrite what you want to be. It's embarrasing to be the guy who madethe movie, knowing you're not exa….

Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out..

To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer..

Of course, I'm no dummy..

I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak..

It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let th….

You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically..

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast..

I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life..

Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there..