Optimism Is Not Inherently A Superior Way

I Mean, There Are Many Other Directors Who Are Probably Both More Skilled And Excited To Adapt Novels Or Work Within Certain Genre Conventions. I'd Like To Do That Kind Of Work Someday, But For Better Or Worse I'm Too Drawn By My Own Material.

The Ability To Take Pleasure In One's Life Is A Skill And Is A Kind Of Intelligence.

Storytelling Is The Only Studio Movie Where The Censorship Is Perfectly Clear, The Only Studio Movie With A Big Red Box Covering Up A Shot. I Take Pride In That - And, Of Course, In Having Avoided The Fate Of Eyes Wide Shut.

It Is True That The Movie Is Perhaps My Most Politically-charged. The Story Is Thrust Into Motion By The Idea Of What Do You Do When Your 13 Year Old Daughter Comes Home Pregnant. And Not Only Is She Pregnant, But She Wants To Keep The Baby.

If I Grew Up In A Different Background, I Could See Myself Getting A Gun And Shooting An Abortionist. That's My Job, To Imagine What Could Happen, What Can Make People Go In Different Directions.