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" I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past. "

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" The world is becoming nicer and easier, but that doesn't mean we are any less lonely or any more connected. "

" Whenever I start writing, I try to put together songs that feed the feeling of the movie. "

" We can empathize as deeply as we can empathize. "

" I guess a lot of things I make are relationship movies. Maybe all movies are relationship movies, because they're all about how we relate to each other. "

" I met Arcade Fire on their first record, 'Funeral.' I loved that record, and it was a record I was listening to while I wrote 'Where the Wild Things Are.' Those songs - especially 'Wake Up' and 'Neighbourhood' - there's a lot of that record that's about childhood. "

" If I can make one generalised statement, and generalised statements are never entirely true, nobody wants to be talked down to, kids included. "

" I feel like everything I make is personal to me. "

" The market groups and demographics said, 'Teenage guys don't read magazines.' "

" I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There's not a chronological beginning, middle, and end structure. You build something in the editing room that's shaped by getting to know the person and digging deeper, unpeeling the layers of them as you get to know them. "

" I skated and rode bikes on ramps, and my mom was always super supportive. She was one of the only divorced moms in the neighborhood, so all the other parents looked down upon her for letting her kids do that kind of thing. "

" I don't want to make a movie till I have an idea I have to make. I don't want to make a movie just to make a movie. "

" I like naps. I don't drink coffee. "

" I'm always inspired by other filmmakers, whether it's a shot or the way they handle tone. "

" On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments. "

" I think there is something about... unless you come from a really evolved family that allowed you to talk about your feelings and felt like a safe environment, then you aren't really prepared to do that when you grow up. "

" When I'm making stuff, the thing that excites me most is not the result, but the process and trying to do something I've never done before. "

" I'm a little slow, so forgive me if I'm inarticulate. "

" It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping... you get to make your wish list and you start thinking about what each character needs. "

" I want to make films without a single clear message, and films that are as close as possible to what it feels like to be alive. At least to me. "

" Nicolas Cage, I would love to work with him again. He's just a fearless madman. He'll go anywhere you want to go. He would not say 'no' to anything. "

" I love when me and my friends don't know how to make something - there's that risk of failure, which should be there. If it's guaranteed not to fail, it's something you already know how to do. "

" I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it. "

" Pop music, I think there's a reason why kids connect to it. "

" You get a buzz when getting texts: 'Oh, someone's thinking about me.' "

" As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy. "

" The thing I remember most about having a tantrum is not the rage during the tantrum, but the being freaked out afterwards, and embarrassed, and guilty. It's scary to lose control of yourself. "

" There were times in 'Adaptation' during the editing where I really thought, 'Okay, well, this was a noble failure. I tried to do something good, but this is not going to work.' "

" A great poem leaves so much room for everybody to have such a different reaction to it. "

" I have a home phone number, and I like it! It's like a throwback already. "