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Every script I've written and every series I've produced have expressed the things I most deeply believe.

The script is very good because the things that happen in it are very believable to me. It doesn't presuppose that the world has changed very much. You don't have to think that you're in a different world.

I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.

I read as many scripts as I can and just find stuff that I think is interesting, find stories that I think are worth telling.

My biggest thing is telling a truthful story, something that is rooted in something and is very honest. If I read a script and you want me to take off my top, and it doesn't serve a purpose, then I'm not going to do it.

I feel like there are things I can relate to in every character. But I feel like when you read a script, you don't get to see the definition behind someone, you just get to read what the person goes through and find a place to come from to make it real.

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.

Scripts are corny and predictable. Real life is always better.

I've done a lot of movies based on real people, real situations, non-fiction books, magazine articles, life rights.

If the script is telling the story well, that is your inspiration, and you do not need to go somewhere else.