Sometimes I Don't Like The Books That

If You Create Something That Is Asking For People To Respond As They're Going To Respond, You Have To Allow Them To Respond As They're Going To Respond. Some Of The People Are Going To Be Uninterested And Some People Are Going To Be Mad For Some Reason, Which Is Their Business. That's Just The Way The World Is.

I Think Now That I've Tried Directing, I'm Not Interested In Doing Adaptations Anymore. I Could Do An Adaptation Of Someone Else's Work That I Would Write, But The Idea Of Taking Someone Else's Material Entirely Doesn't Interest Me. One Of The Things That I Found Really Helpful, At Least In My Mind - And I've Never Discussed This With The Actors Or With The People I Work With - Is That Being A Neophyte In Directing, I Feel Like I Have A Kind Of Authority Simply Because I'm The Writer As Well.

The Passionate Ones, The Ones Who Go After What They Want, May Not Get What They Want, But They Remain Vital, In Touch With Themselves, And When They Lie On Their Deathbeds, They Have Few Regrets.

I Do Have Some Theatrical Background. I've Written Plays And Seen Plays And Read Plays. But I Also Read Novels. One Thing I Don't Read Is Screenplays.

Why Do I Fall In Love With Every Woman I See That Shows Me The Least Bit Of Attention?