And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made a tremendous amount of sense. What I liked that was missing from my experience of Christianity growing up was a sort of acceptance, a sort of being OK with being imperfect and not focusing on the sin.

We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.

Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.

I am a little suspicious of industry paradigms. I feel like so many movies and TV shows feel so familiar because of over-reliance on these paradigms.

I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a great way to really get at the root of their identity, because it's such a personal thing.

Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.

Most of us live in artificial environments and then we go to work in artificial environments and the world becomes something that you see through a window.