I Try To Make Things Interesting And

If I Were Doing Somebody Else's Script Or I Adapted A Book By Philip Roth, On Set There Could Be A Million Different Interpretations Of The Material And People Could Argue With Me. Certainly On Synecdoche, New York We Had Discussions And Arguments, But I Felt Like I Had Authority Because I'm A Writer.

I'm Interested In Art, And I Think About The Process Of Making Art. It's Part Of My Personality, My Experience Of The World, So It Ends Up In The Movies. It's Where My Head Is.

I'm Trying To Tell A Story And Do It Truthfully.

There Are Nearly Thirteen Million People In The World. None Of Those People Is An Extra. They're All The Leads Of Their Own Stories. They Have To Be Given Their Due.

I Tend To Not Only Read Reviews, But Also Every Little Stupid Thing Online. It's A Very Bad Idea, And There's A Lot Of Angry People In The World. And It's Weird To Absorb All That Weirdness.