You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.

In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people.

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.

I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.