A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.
“When I go on the set, I'm so rushed. When I see the actors at rehearsal, when I love it, I want to keep the mood - my mood and the actors' mood also. So I have to push the crew faster. I don't want to lose the mood.”
“Would that well-thinking people should be replaced by thinking ones.”