The End Is Built Into The Beginning.

As A Writer, Or As A Filmmaker, You Have To Present Yourself, And Part Of What Yourself Is Is What You're Interested In, Or What You Think Is Funny, Or What You Think Is Sad, Or What You Think Is Horrible.

I Try When I'm Writing To Leave Enough "space" For People To Have Their Own Interpretation, And Not To Direct It Toward One Conclusion. Then The Audience Would Not Be Reacting, Because They Are Being Preached To Or Lectured At. I Don't Have That Much To Say That I Think People Should Listen To Me.

I'm Old Enough, By A Long Shot, To Remember Going To The Library And Spending Days Researching. If I Was Looking For A Line From A Poem Or Something Else I Needed, That Would Be The Trip I Would Have To Take.

When You Approach Middle Age, Lots Of Stuff Happens. Your Body Is Aging, You're Watching People Around You Get Sick, You're Watching People Die, Your Mortality Becomes Very Present At That Point In Your Life.

Failure Is A Badge Of Honor. It Means You Risked Failure. And If You Don’t Risk Failure, You’re Never Going To Do Anything That’s Different From What You’ve Already Done Or What Somebody Else Has Done.