A script like 'Nightcrawler' gives me an opportunity to truly realize a vision that's mine, which is exciting.

I had written a script called 'Freed,' which I had wanted to direct.

I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.

Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.

My screenwriting credits in my career are probably not dissimilar to some other ones in the sense that a lot of the scripts you write don't get made, and the ones that do get made are certainly - as a writer, they're not your vision.

The friends we have, these are choices that - unlike family, which we have no choice in, and I love my family, thank God - we've given ourselves, to some degree.