Really, I am entirely material driven. If a project appeals to me, I will try to find the right writer and director. And that may be someone I've worked with before, or it may not. It may be a woman, or it may not.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.
From an artist's point of view, I always want to work with the writers I admire.
What I have to offer as a writer/director is the stuff with the feeling in it.
I only get involved with projects as a producer if I feel creatively inspired.
I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited to adapt novels or work within certain genre conventions. I'd like to do that kind of work someday, but for better or worse I'm too drawn by my own material.
I don't see myself as an artist, as a writer. The sort of writing that I do, which is popular fiction, it's work. I have contracts to fulfil, and I have deadlines to meet.
I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with. And I'm lucky enough to be in a position where I can wait six months for a project that really interests me.
I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified.
I'm not an art director; I'm just not. I've always been somebody who has a sensibility that I hope is the same sensibility of others.
I'm a writer; it's not just what I do, but who I am.