David Cronenberg Says Writing A Novel Is “Like Being Out Of A Straitjacket” (And That All His Movies Are Comedies)

“It’s very liberating to write in this medium because it’s not only more intimate, but it’s more freedom to just move around a lot. … A screenplay is a very limited and rigorous kind of form, … [and] if you’re making a movie that’s costing millions of dollars, you have a lot of restrictions that, even if you’re not conscious of them, you are mindful of them.”