"Some stories feel like they need more time or less time to tell. To not obsessively have to trim or add that final two or three minutes is very helpful, because you can just organically follow how the story feels."

"Sometimes you need to get away for a few weeks just to figure out who you are again."

"I need to find people who I respect so I can respect them, and they'll like being respected so they'll respect me, and that's like a marriage."

"If we really talked about what's wrong with you, you'd need a 7-1/2-hour movie and nobody would know what category to put it in!"