There's been no nepotism in my acting artistic life, but I think it's been pretty clear in my writing life. I knew what a pantoum was at age 11 - I knew form - therefore I would win the poetry contest. But I also realized that I would never be a great writer.

You never know what's going to happen, so you just continue with your head down and never expect things to start being handed to you.

I always knew that I'd probably do something in the arts.

I feel crushingly embarrassed when I do bad work, so being rejected after doing bad work is actually harder than being rejected after doing good work.

Both of my parents were incredibly supportive of me being in any arts, because they were both in the arts. They weren't the typical story of, "Oh, get a real job. You need to make money." They basically said, "Yup, be an artist. You'll be broke your whole life but you'll be happy."

As you get older and you progress in your career, you start to want to have more control over things and you have ideas.

We're all eaters. That's our bond. Let's be real.