I Don't Think Any Of Us Are

I Chose Philosophy Because It Sounded Like Something I Ought To Be Interested In. I Didn't Know Anything About It, I Didn't Even Know What It Was Talking About. What I Really Spent My Time Doing In Those Years Was Writing Short Stories. There Were All Sorts Of Interesting Courses, But What I Really Wanted To Do Was Make Stories One Way Or Another.

Kids Are Always Open To Anything. It's Very Rare That A Kid Isn't Extremely Eager To Make You Happy.

When Something Is Discovered By People In Movie Theaters, It's Discovered By People Who Are All Together, And There's A Sort Of Feeling Of An Event About It. And When It's On Video, It's Like Something Is Being Discovered In The Library Or Something. It's Like Having A Second Life In Public Libraries. It's Just Like Individuals, And It's Less Of A... We Can't Participate In It The Same Way.

And I Wanted To Do A Movie [moonrise Kingdom] About A Childhood Romance - A Very Powerful Experience Of Childhood Romance. About What It's Like To Just Be Blindsided, When You're In Fifth Grade Or Sixth Grade, By These Kinds Of Feelings. Along The Way, I Sort Of Mixed In Some Interest In "young Adult Fantasy" Writing.

It's Not Usually That Great Of An Idea To Read Lots Of Reviews Of Your Movies, Because Even If Somebody's Saying Nice Things, There'll Still Be Something In There That Pushes The Wrong Button, And It's Not Really That Helpful.