I've never taken a job on anything I didn't want to do..

What you need to know to direct a movie is [of] such great variety. I've worked with people who were maestros, who know everything. I've worked with ….

I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application..

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting..

You have to know human behaviour … And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You’ll never write ….

A reversal is just anything that's a surprise. It's a way of keeping the audience interested..

But what I didn't recognize when I was much younger was this sort of...when you're on, when you're really on, go at it..

I love IMAX when it works right..

No one can help you write. No one can teach you how to write..

I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching..

I think what I've recognized over the years is that I'm very, very bingey, extremely bingey when it comes to writing..

Different people work different ways..

Ambiguity depletes as your budget rises..

I like knowing where I am in action sequences if I'm supposed to..

I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based o….

If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done..

I worked for a lot of directors..

I prefer writing originals..

Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that..

The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But when you're a director, you're shopping - ….

I have written a bunch of scripts that have not gotten produced, much more so early in my career than later..