We're The Most Violent Nation On Earth.

As A Writer I Want Everybody To Get A Chance To Voice Their Opinions. If Each Character Thinks That They're Telling The Truth, Then It's Valid. Then At The End Of The Film, I Leave It Up To The Audience To Decide Who Did The Right Thing.

Right Now A Lot Of People Are Still Choosing To Go To Toronto Instead Of Shooting In New York City, Something I Haven't Done And Something I Hope I'll Never Have To Do.

I Think If People Looked At My Body Of Work, They'd See A Great Breadth Of Work.

I Collect Names For Characters. Names Are Valuable; They Can Be Your First Source Of Insight Into A Character.

You Gotta Make Your Own Way. You Gotta Find A Way. You Gotta Get It Done. It's Hard. It's Tough. That's What I Tell My Students Every Day In Class. I've Been Very Fortunate. Some People Might Call Me A Hardhead, But I'm Not Going To Let Other People Dictate To Me Who I Should Be Or The Stories I Should Tell. That Doesn't Register With Me.