My parents were great parents, but for some bizarre reason they allowed me to watch whatever I wanted on TV, we had cable. And I constantly watched horror movies.

There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.

I really believe there is something in the nature of a democracy that naturally leads people to distrust the government, to assume because a democracy is built by people just like themselves that there must be secret plots and cover-ups and wizards behind the scenes running the machine.

I was obsessed with Agatha Christie in sixth grade.

I feel that I'm solid at description.

I don't think secrets are a bad thing. I think there's this idea that everything needs to be transparent in order for it to be free.

In a lot of ways, work was my graduate school.