Books and theater were the way I understood the world and also the way I organized my sense of morality, of how to live a good life.

There's nothing more thrilling than watching great actors say things that you wrote and bring them to life.

I loved 'Moonlight.' I thought it was really beautiful. Really great.

I've never had a plan, I've always done things from instinct.

The more particular you make something, the more universal it becomes.

I loved the idea of dramatic art of storytelling as a way to make sense of things. It's really what I love and what I care about.

You only get one life, so you might as well feel all the feelings.

Everybody is always in the middle of their own opera.

When you're writing a screenplay, it's like you're dreaming the film for yourself again and again and again until it becomes almost like a memory before you make it.