My Trick Is The Trick That Everyone

When I Write A Film, There's A Particular Thing I Am Wrestling With And The Question Or Concern I'm Dealing With Has To Be Big Enough For Me To Dedicate A Year Or Two Of My Life. If The Question Isn't Big Enough, Or Rich Enough, I'll Lose Interest.

I Think A Lot Of Civil War Stuff Is Written - As They Say, History Is Written By The Victors. And One Of The Things That I Think Is Fascinating About This From A Purely Dramatic Perspective Is Whether Someone Is Right Or Wrong, You Understand Where They're Coming From In This.

I Tend To Read Things That Are A Little More On The Nourishing Side. But If I Don't Enjoy Something, I'll Put It Down.

In Writing Scripts Now, Having Made A Film, I'm Much More Conscious Of What It Means To Shoot And Edit A Movie, And That Affects The Writing.

It's Not Our Job To Play Judge And Jury, To Determine Who Is Worthy Of Our Kindness And Who Is Not. We Just Need To Be Kind, Unconditionally And Without Ulterior Motive, Even - Or Rather, Especially - When We'd Prefer Not To Be.