I View Filmmaking As A Director's Medium.

My Style Is Casual-chic? Casual-messy?

Most Of The Books That I've Adapted I'm Doing Because I Love The Book And I Feel Like It's A Great Work Of Art In Itself, And When It's A Great Book I Feel As A Director Or A Writer That I Have A Responsibility To Rise To The Level Of The Original. It Makes Me Try To Reach Higher.

I Am Very Grateful For My Life. I Think One Of The Keys To Not Being Depressed Is To Find Gratitude And To Be Grateful For What You Have. So I Am Grateful For What I Have.

I Worked At A Mcdonald's Drive-through. I Could Always Tell When Girls Were Interested: They'd Drive Around Again And Say, "i Forgot Something."

If You Just Read The Book, You're Taking In The Narrative, You're Taking In The Characters, You're Understanding It In A Certain Way. If You Make A Movie It's Really An Act Of Translation.