A lot of times, L.A. is desaturated, and cement and freeways, and downtown.

There are a lot of sociopaths running around who are probably our friends, if not us, and we don't know it.

I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.

My screenwriting credits in my career are probably not dissimilar to some other ones in the sense that a lot of the scripts you write don't get made, and the ones that do get made are certainly - as a writer, they're not your vision.

I watch a lot of television, for better or worse, and I am particularly interested in what Michael Moore brought up in 'Bowling for Columbine,' which is the idea that they're selling a narrative of fear.

I spend most of my time in a room alone where eight hours go by, and I have no sense of time. I work seven days a week, and I live in this sort of vague subconscious fog a lot.