Songwriting and screenwriting aren't that different to me.

When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.

Sometimes I have songs born out of stories.

I am fairly embraced by the Hollywood community, and I love making movies and I love acting, but I'm not real crazy about the Hollywood system. So the fact that they embrace me is a shock to me because I tell them to kiss my ass all the time. I don't understand why they haven't thrown me out on my ear. The other thing is I don't participate much. I have very few friends within the movie community. I hang out with some guys I've known forever. They're all broke and eat me out of house and home. But I stay home mostly and I don't go to the parties. Maybe that preserves me.

The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.

If you're going to take care of your kids and pay for your house and do something good for adults, you have to do something on television now.

Now the idea in the movie world is to make things the same. And in the TV world, the idea is to do something different, so... that's why I'm here!