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" I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life. "

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" It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege. "

" I'm sure I've said some pretty bad pick-up lines. "

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" You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it. "

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" I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook. "

" I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with. "

" Dance is a profession with an expiration date for many people. "

" How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting. "

" I made two movies very young, and then I had trouble getting a movie made, and so - which was both, I think, a plus and a minus. It was a minus because it made me unhappy. "

" There are the people who overthink making mix CDs and playlists, and how that works generationally is all really interesting to me. "

" We all have these notions of cool that come about at different points in our lives, and it's interesting in how it evolves or doesn't evolve in different people. "

" Adaptations are fun for me because they connect to the idea of filmmaking I had when I was a kid. I would see a movie and think: 'I'm gonna make that movie.' "

" I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life. "

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" We expect forty-year-olds to have grown up at some point, and to be engaged and adult and take responsibility, and doing nothing would seem to go against that. "

" That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation. "

" I like the way corduroys feel. I like the sort of jean aspect of corduroys, but also the texture of them. They probably remind me of my childhood, too, I think. I wore cords, and my dad had a corduroy jacket. "

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" I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s. "

" I've definitely been in situations where I could tell someone was interested in me, but I could tell they were insulting me in some passive/aggressive way, so I felt bad about myself at the same time. "