There's No Way To Approach Anything In

When You Approach Middle Age, Lots Of Stuff Happens. Your Body Is Aging, You're Watching People Around You Get Sick, You're Watching People Die, Your Mortality Becomes Very Present At That Point In Your Life.

The Conventional Wisdom Is - People Say This All The Time - You Should Only Write Something When You're Far Enough Away From It That You Can Have A Perspective. But That's Not True. That's A Story That You're Telling. The Truth Of It Is Here, Right Now. It's The Only Truth That We Ever Know. And I'm Interested In That Truth And The Confusion Being Part Of The Experience And Sorting It Your Way Through And Figuring It Out.

I Try When I'm Writing To Leave Enough "space" For People To Have Their Own Interpretation, And Not To Direct It Toward One Conclusion. Then The Audience Would Not Be Reacting, Because They Are Being Preached To Or Lectured At. I Don't Have That Much To Say That I Think People Should Listen To Me.

The Way I Work Is Not The Way That You Work, And The Whole Point Of Any Creative Act Is That. What I Have To Offer Is Me, What You Have To Offer Is You, And If You Offer Yourself With Authenticity And Generosity I Will Be Moved.

I Think Of Myself As A Guy Who Tries To Write Screenplays And Now Has Tried To Direct One. Anything More Than That Is Meaningless And It Gets In The Way Of Being A Real Human Being.