I'm Trying To Tell A Story And

I Want To Do My Own Thing, And I'm Trying To Get Closer To Realizing That As A Filmmaker.

I Think I've Had Pretty Good Experiences For The Most Part With The People Who Have Directed My Screenplays. It's More That I Wanted To See What It Would Be Like If I Didn't Have To Collaborate With Anybody, To Have A Sense Of Purity Of The Thing From Beginning To End. I Liked Doing It. It's Really Different From Writing. Directing Is A More Pragmatic Experience, Where You Have To Deal With The Restrictions Of Time And Money That Force You To Make Certain Decisions You Don't Have To Make When You're Writing.

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.

Constantly Talking Isn't Necessarily Communicating.

The Sad Thing About Working On A Movie Is That You Can Never See The Movie.