I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.
I didn't have many girlfriends in my youth. I was an active young man, jumping from one girl to the next, but never with anyone for more than three or four months.
I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.