"A writer's duty is to tell the truth, even when it is uncomfortable."

The most powerful stories are the ones we live.

I try to make movies that are like little worlds that you can step into.

Freedom was a thing that shifted as you looked at it, the way a forest is dense with trees up close but from outside, from the empty meadow, you see its true limits. Being free had nothing to do with chains or how wide your cage was.