Ireland was an idyllic place for us as children. We had all these cousins and all this green countryside. Given what I've written about rural Ireland, my memories of it are all blue skies and endless play.
I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.
'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good.
I loved 'The Master' a lot. I'm not going to get to work with Daniel Day-Lewis, but Joaquin Phoenix is one of the best around, I think.
I try to naturally keep things to a manageable storytelling length, which is about two hours, so you try to cut out anything extraneous.
I never, ever drink while writing. Never have from the start, and I'm happy that I never have to. A lot of my stuff is plot-driven and mathematical, and I think you need a clean and sober mind to pin down the logistics of that.
