Then I saw it. I saw a mom who would die for her son. A man who would kill for his wife. A boy, angry and alone. Laid out in front of him, the bad pa….

I think what I love about science fiction and what sci-fi can be really good at is obviously you're working with outlandish concepts that have very l….

Even if I had $200 million, I’m very wary of overusing CGI. I think it’s a great tool and it can be used really effectively, but I feel like it does ….

My filmmaking background has really just been making movies with my friends since I was 12 years old. That's how I feel I learned how to tell a story….

The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest..

Memory is a form of time travel. That's something we do during the course of the day, every single day. The idea of actually being able to physically….

My favorite sci-fi always uses its hook to amplify some bigger theme or idea - some emotional thrust..

Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars!.

Well, you know, we all grew up as 'Star Wars' fans..

I do love science fiction, but it's not really a genre unto itself; it always seems to merge with another genre. With the few movies I've done, I've ….

Game of Thrones' is just incredible, what they pull off every week..

Unlike some of the time-travel movies I love, like 'Primer' or '12 Monkeys,' 'Looper' is not about time travel. It's about this situation that time t….

All of us have that feeling of some deficiency from our childhood. I think that's a universal thing..

Hopefully with each thing that you do you're learning something, you're growing, and you're pushing yourself a little harder in some way or another. ….

Back before 'Brick,' I wrote a short film that I never ended up shooting: hit men in the present who work for a mob in the future who send their vict….

I'm definitely a big believer in the notion that a heightened style can get you closer to an authentic human experience than so-called realism on fil….

I bristle a little when the argument for film gets put into the nostalgia ghetto. Film is still the highest quality and best-looking image capture me….

When you're writing is when the "god should I just drop this" feeling can hit. When you're editing is when the "god this is awful and I've wasted eve….

Storytelling wise, you've gotta take it as far as you can possibly take it with each individual movie. If you're holding out something for a sequel o….

The critical reaction to 'Bloom' has been similar to 'Brick.' There are people on board with it and people who are not..

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please..