"To me they're all living inside of this one universe. And it isn't [pointing out the window] out there. Well, it's a little bit out there, and it's also there, too [points at his TV], in the movies, a…"

"I don't care about being cool. I care about being good."

"He's not really fully formed. They grow. They teach me who they are."

"I'm a big fan of writing dialogue. It's my favorite part of filmmaking."

"I'm a big fan of movies that are morally ambiguous."