In terms of Ray Liotta, when I was a teenager growing up in Colorado, I didn't have pictures of girls on my wall. I had pictures of Ray Liotta on my wall. Along with Mike Patton, he was one of my heroes.

Lars Ulrich, he was my hero growing up. I wanted to be like him. I played the drums.

I think 'GoodFellas' is just a perfect film. From an efficiency of storytelling standpoint, from an entertainment standpoint, from a performance standpoint, from a use of music standpoint, from a cinematography and editing standpoint - to me, it's just a perfect movie.

As a writer, I always peel back the layers, go to the most sensitive places uncomfortably close to the heart.

I find a difference in British spy fiction and American spy fiction. In the American version, it's more militaristic, partly because the CIA has more of the military makeup. Whereas MI6 is more of a cerebral, intelligence-based, relationship-based service, i.e., all they do is recruit people to get information out of them.

When you start a relationship, there's part of the friendship that dies - you can never go back.

I think teens trust each other's opinions about products because of the quality of authenticity that they think their friend's recommendation has.

I like making movies for myself and my friends and people with my sensibility.