For me, there's a fine line between telling a story that's fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it's bloodless, a little too fictional.

You drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn't tame

I'm really into boxing. I go to a gym and I'm friends with a trainer who's a pretty famous boxing trainer and I train with him.

I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.

If your standards are low, you're going to stop pretty early on in the process.

I don't consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read.

I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.