Quotes about "Contemporary Issues"

The beauty of Netflix is, their job is to put stories out there, and not stories that appeal to everybody, which is maybe NBC's job? ”

A director really doesn't deal with performance that much, especially if you deal with great actors. Their work is the performance. What you're helping them with is all the stuff they cannot be in control of. ”

The country gets so beat up in the media. It's worth remembering how much we love America. ”

When I call 'Action,' I love to be surprised. And the actors I've been fortunate enough to work with always surprise me in the best ways. ”

I always think that 'Sound of My Voice' is a movie about the crumbs in 'Hansel and Gretel.' You know, those crumbs. It's about finding your way out of the claustrophobia and alienation of modern life. ”

I am not a psychic medium. I am a sensitive. ”

It's not my job to force people to believe things. ”

Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated. ”

Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page. ”

I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame. ”