When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.

I'm extremely grateful that I found writing, but it doesn't make it any more peaceful.

Hats look exactly the same. There's no difference between The Writing Hat and The Acting Hat.

Directing feels great; I'm really happy to be doing this.

Careers don't interest me. The only thing that interests me is continuing to be a poet on one level or another, whether acting or writing or directing.

I've always found it embarrassing to receive awards.

Film is anti-language.

What I'm after is something different than supplying people with the idea that I'm writing an important play.

There is this aura that the three-act play is the important one: it's the one that you do to win the Pulitzer. Some part of you falls for that, and then after a while, you don't fall for that.

I had two experiences with very close friends of mine who experienced aphasia, the loss of language. It shocked me.