I know not everyone starts out reading high literature. If you read enough you might be drawn to some other things, so maybe those vampire books are what they call 'gateway books.' I just coined that term. I don't know if there's a thing called 'gateway books.'

I find myself going out less and less. When you're 22 and see older people start to do that, it's depressing, but once you hit 30, you think, 'Wow, I've been working all week - it might be really nice to stay in!'

There’s something touching about a kid who’s reading a book that’s printed on actual paper. I think that anything that kids start reading, within reason, can lead to other discoveries.

Each film is difficult, in its own particular way. There’s a unique set of challenges on every movie.

What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It’s more ‘thematically personal’ – what’s up in my life in terms of themes at the moment.

Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don’t watch television.

A lot of times, we’re just sold these movies that are really cynically conceived and marketed, and they just want you there opening weekend, before everybody finds out it’s not so good.

I care about reading, a lot. It’s a big part of my life.

Here’s the problem: I don’t like who I’ve become when my iPhone is within reach. I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity – it’s not a conscious act, but a reflexive one.

It’s really hard to be poor in New York – I was really poor when I lived in New York.