I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in a culture that encourages it every step of the way.

You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.

The fact that we die, that makes life important. It's hard to take, but it's the truth.

I try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary and some comedy and some romance and some sex and some violence.

Never underestimate the power of denial.

Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by.

I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical region.