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I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.

With a sequel you're always trying to get bigger and better.

To do a sequel is so weird, you don't really think about it.

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original.

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.

I never actually plan sequels. They demand to be done.

The biggest difference in writing a sequel is that now there are expectations. But also - and this is the awesome part - now there are fans, too!

I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.

I'm not big on sequels; I've done them, but I like doing little things that have their own timelessness to them, classic type things, and then you go onto something new.