I do a lot of things intuitively. I'm not often consciously aware of what I'm doing. It's like in a dream: There's something going on that's powerful but you don't know exactly why.

I try to present something that is true so I don't further destroy the world with my contribution to it.

Meet me in Montauk.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

There are so many people who are making movies now who can’t get any kind of distribution, so the market seems like it’s flooded.

If you ever got me, you wouldn't have a clue what to do with me.

I really don't have any solutions and I don't like movies that do.

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

I want to create situations that give people something to think about.

I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity.

I feel like I want to keep moving toward idiosyncracy. Personal, personal, personal.

You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.

Do not simplify. Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honour. It means you risked failure.

Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true.

I'm in my mind a lot. I live there.

I think dreams are metaphors. Everything you do in writing is metaphorical. So it seems like the same arena to me.

The end is built into the beginning.

The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way.