In A Movie, You Have To Be

I Was A Very Fearful Little Kid, And I Would Always See The Worst In Everything. The Glass Was Half-empty. I Would See People Kissing, And I Would Think One Was Trying To Bite The Other.

The Secret To Being Alone Is To Organize Your Time; To Develop Habits And Routines And Gradually Elevate Their Importance To Where They Seem Almost Like Normal, Healthy Activities.

I Try To Only Work On The Screenplays For A Few Hours A Day When I'm In My Most Voluble Mood, Just Sort Of Writing Whatever Comes Into My Head. It's A Very Freeing Thing.

I Think Politics Has An Influence On My Work Now, Perhaps More So Than When I Was A Childless Young Man, But I Hope Never To Deal With These Kinds Of Issues In Anything More Than A Covert Manner. I'm More Interested In Figuring Out What I Think Than In Pronouncing My Views To The World.

I've Felt That In The Past, Where I Just Felt Like I Had To Keep Drawing In The Same Way To Maintain This Sameness And Rhythm Throughout An Entire Book, And It Was Not Really Necessary.