To go back to it was just too painful, so I pulled the plug on it, ... Bill was disconcerted because he liked that story. I said, `But Bill, I've got this other idea,' which was Broken Flowers . And I told him what I had, and he said, `Well, do you want to do that one instead?' I said, `I do. I'd love to.' And he said, `Yeah, let's do that.' With Bill, he'll give you his word, and that's all you need. Jim Jarmusch