You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk.
I don't believe in happy endings, but I do believe in happy travels, because ultimately, you die at a very young age, or you live long enough to watch your friends die. It's a mean thing, life.
I know love at first sight can work. It happened to my parents.
The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting around those issues.