A flower doesn't love you or hate you, it just exists.
There's something magical about Oaxaca and the vibe of the people.
There's a victory in letting go of your expectations.
My whole life I've been a seeker, searching for something.
There are life lessons that can be derived from reality television.
My first job was with 'Dawson's Creek' where everybody looked good and they spoke better than you. It was kind of a wish fulfillment, fantasy-type show.
Yeah, it's disturbing when someone has no self-awareness.
I feel like I know how to write plot.
I want to have compassion for my characters - I feel like I am the characters when I'm writing them.
People kind of stumble their way through life a lot of times.
I think movie sets can often be stressful, and people take themselves very seriously.
I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.
People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write.
I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books actually really help.
My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat.
I used to go online all the time, and then I had to stop myself... because I'm a writer, and it's like: to have a procrastination tool, like, within my computer... it was just getting too hairy.
As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.
If I have a male protagonist, it's a studio movie, and if it's a female protagonist, it's an indie movie. That's just how it is. It's not about the studios. It's about America and who goes to see movies. Women are interested in men and women, and men aren't interested in the woman's story. They just aren't.
You watch stuff like 'The Real Housewives' and you start to think, 'We're all so vacuous! Is there any nobility to any of these people?' But then you look out into the world, and there are people who are doing cool stuff with their lives.
I don't feel the breath of a thousand people over my shoulder.
