There was a time before I felt I was a real writer, when I was a yarn spinner and I just wanted to tell story until it was over. But then there came a time where I was like, 'No, I want to understand something through writing this that I might have not understood before. I want people to come away with something to think about.'

There are many films and TV shows I make where people find themselves in fantastical situations; as often as possible, their reactions to it are very normal.

Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment.

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