I Distinguish Sentiment From Sentimentality. Sentimentality Makes

And As A Filmmaker, I'm Trying To Unhook Myself From This Idea That Unless You Have A Brilliant, Long, Enormously Lucrative Theatrical Run, That Your Movie Somehow Failed. And I Don't Believe That.

I'm Not A Masochistic Reader. If Something Is Just Too Dense Or Not Enjoyable, Even Though I'm Told It Should Be Good For Me, I'll Put It Down. That Said, Most Of What I Read Would Be Considered High-end Or Good For You, I Suppose. But, I Also Think That Reading Should Be Enjoyable.

Film Allows Me To Ask Some Really Big Questions With The Time To Explore Them Deeply. I Love The Form.

I Learned To Choose My Battles. Sometimes I Let My Producer Deal With Something That I Didn't Want To Deal With.

I Know Not Everyone Starts Out Reading High Literature. If You Read Enough You Might Be Drawn To Some Other Things, So Maybe Those Vampire Books Are What They Call 'gateway Books.' I Just Coined That Term. I Don't Know If There's A Thing Called 'gateway Books.