Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?

You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly.

Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?

I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat.

Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.

I've always enjoyed stories that take place in the future but my one disappointment was that the future books described never came. We're not on other planets, there are no flying cars, and the only robots we have in our homes just sweep the floor. So I wanted to write about a future that I thought could really happen. People ask me when I tell them the title of the book, 'Are we all dead?' The good news is, no. We're still here. And I even think the future in my book is strangely hopeful, although I'm sure there will be people who strongly disagree.

Art and resistance are great together. That's what art's made for. Look at Vincent van Gogh: He didn't cut off his ear because he was selling well.