Well, I always talk about how I used to work at an insane asylum and stuff, which is true, but to be honest, I just make crap up more than anything else.

Not a word of my writing has ever been changed by another person's hands, and I don't think many screenwriters can say that.

Immigration confuses and terrifies me, so why not try to write a comic and make some sense of it?

I'm really happiest living life 22 pages at a time and putting things in little boxes on pages.

There's just something about that late '80s that suddenly feels like it has something to teach us.

These are the young women [in Stand by Me] that we grew up knowing and hopefully they feel a little rough around the edges, because it's true to life.

Violence is stupid. Even as a last resort, it only ever begets more of the same.