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When writing fantastical literature, your biggest problem is getting your audience to believe the fantastical elements of your story.

On the one hand I wonder, Was this really my story to tell? On the other hand, I just wanted the story to be told. But the truth is that I didn't think anybody was going to read it.

Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

Each time I'm starting to work on a film, even if I love to settle the plot in the real world, I start to think about the plot as a fairy tale, or a dream, or a nightmare... As if it was the best way to tell the truth about characters or narration, instead of realism.

The stories I write are often literal to events that have happened or observations that I've made, and sometimes they're fantastical.

The telling of stories creates the real world.

I don't ever want to impose something on the story. I want the story to tell me.

To begin with, I want to tell a good story, a story that people will listen to and that they'll think this is true, even if it is a story that might be defined as - as myth or legend or even fanciful.