When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people are over the top.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and...

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and...

And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people,...

And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people,...

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...

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.

Well, so far, at least, my own ideas always take priority over those of other...

Well, so far, at least, my own ideas always take priority over those of other...

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...

I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come...

I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come...

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....

People can't help how they look.

People can't help how they look.

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.

Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I...

Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I...

In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and...

In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and...

Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio...

Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio...