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"I had no intention of providing any answers or solutions, because you'd only look a fool, but I did want to talk about what it's like to be in a state where you're wondering. And perhaps I was also receptive to the fact I was entering middle age and those thoughts come - to pretend that they don't come is just crazy."
"If you're growing up in times of peace and live in a country where there's plenty of food and good healthcare, you grow up without any relationship with death."
"Having a phone call from Steven Spielberg was just a fantastic rite of passage. I loved it, and he was very focused, very likable, strictly business, and really sharp."
"You don't really work together with Clint Eastwood. I mean, he takes the script and he shoots it - and he shoots it very faithfully."
"We give each other a wide berth even if we have the flu, let alone... So, I think that's part of the stigma that people who have diseases suffer. It's almost infectious... if somebody is closer to death, they're almost a bad omen and I think that's terrible."
"When you make a choice as a writer about what it is you want to write, and what it is you're going to spend six months thinking about, you have to fall in love."
"I read nonfiction. There's very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction guy."
"The real beauty in my professional experience has been friendships and collaborations with filmmakers."
"I am not a politics wonk. I like the idea of my writing reflecting more about who I am or other people."
"I just try and do something good. But as a writer, you're slightly out of control."
"Movies feel like work, and reading fiction feels like work, whereas reading nonfiction feels like pleasure."
"Generally, I read nonfiction. Theres very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction guy."
"I wrote 'Hereafter' quickly and without mapping it out too much or being too schematic. As an exercise, I think that was incredibly important."
"Firms are a bit concerned about things like oil prices and US growth but actually the change (in firms expectations) is quite small so I think broadly theyre looking for more of the same."