No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no such thing as knowing what the public wants.

Don't try to write to the trend of the moment.

Occasionally I do things against my inner voice, but you really should go for the thing that touches you most-even if you don't quite know why it does.

If it's a seesaw, it's a little bit tilted in favor of renters. If the occupancy trend continues, then people aren't going to be putting rents up. Rents would at least stay stable and possibly decline.

When you set a goal, it's a personal thing, and that goal should be very big, hairy and audacious.

I do believe in living out your own time, unless it's absolutely impossible, which it is for some people.