Do not simplify. Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honour. It means you risked failure.

I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea.

We try to organize the world, which isn't organized the way our brains want to organize it. We tell stories about the people in our lives, we project ideas onto them. We project relationships with people, we make our lives into stories. I don't think we can avoid doing that.

I like actors - I used to be one.

When I found myself in that situation - that actors are like children, I tried to be successful. And when it worked and I figured out how to communicate that things were good - or at least okay - then I felt pleased.

I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world.

I just try to be honest, because I think that's part of my job description as a writer.