Before I started to make films, I didn't give much thought to the way the characters were physically positioned in the story world.

I rarely return to characters. My characters, at least most of them, are much more a part of that superorganism that is the story than separate and independent creatures.

I always have a story in my head that needs to be written, or at least I think I do. But I usually can't find the time to write it.

Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.

I don't have Facebook or Twitter accounts yet. Being a compulsive storyteller, I always make up for myself discouraging stories about how such accounts will get me into embarrassing and time-consuming situations.

My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.