I devoted myself to writing for years without representation or a promise of anything. And there were times when I felt quite down about my prospects.

The brutality that can take place in a crime film heightens the tenderness that can also be there.

I don't have to go into outer space to write about an astronaut.

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

I don't want to be an artist; I don't really want to sing - though I do sing on a few songs. But I want to be the guy that presents new music from both new artists and established artists at the same time.

My first song was called 'Portrait.' It would just be poetry, and I really never understood how to write the structure of writing a song. I just knew the feeling, and I knew it was supposed to break and change at the same part, so that's how I write music.

It seems there's a sliding scale between the money they spend on a movie and its creativity.

I have a background in theater - I went to school for theater. I love film - love it - but there's just something about theater that I really miss.