Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio movie with a big red box covering up a shot. I take pride in that - and, of course, in having avoided the fate of…

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When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a...

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a...

So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories...

So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories...

Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching...

Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching...

When I'm asked who my audience is, I say someone with an open mind, which...

When I'm asked who my audience is, I say someone with an open mind, which...

The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind...

The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind...

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off...

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off...

As Mark Weiner puts it, whether you gain 50 pounds or lose 50 pounds, whether...

As Mark Weiner puts it, whether you gain 50 pounds or lose 50 pounds, whether...

I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders....

I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders....

It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust...

It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust...

But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in...

But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in...

One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write...

One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write...

Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.

Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.

With Storytelling, at least, it's explicit: this is what the censors say American citizens, no...

With Storytelling, at least, it's explicit: this is what the censors say American citizens, no...

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make...

When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make...

A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it...

A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it...

But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it.

But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it.

People can't help how they look.

People can't help how they look.

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say...

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say...

I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of...

I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of...