Of Course, I'm No Dummy.

I Have A Feeling, One Of Those Gut Feelings, That I'll Make Pretty Good Movies The Rest Of My Life.

It Felt Like The First Thing, But When I First Started Out, I Got A Job Adapting A Book By Russell Banks Called 'rule Of The Bone.' I Didn't Do A Very Good Job. I Didn't Really Know What I Was Doing In General, Let Alone How To Adapt A Book.

I Didn't Have Any Desire I Might Have Had 10 Years Ago To Shoot Every Single Word That I Wrote.

You Know, I'm Really Not That Competent At Describing Things Musically.

So With 'there Will Be Blood,' I Didn't Even Really Feel Like I Was Adapting A Book. I Was Just Desperate To Find Stuff To Write.