If you've been in the art world for more than eight years, you realize another generation is making the exact same work as the previous generation - but treating it like it's never been done before. It becomes very cyclical very quickly.

I smoke cigarettes when I write, which is disgusting, but it really helps me.

I've never even done a residency.

Safety, reputation, their lives, their friends, and their world. Writers typically try to avoid that because it's not expedient.

I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can't I escape and learn something?

There's also something sexual about watching the nubile girl in terror. But you do take on her fear as your own.

I like change. I've never really had much consistency in my life, you know, from everyday work to my living situation to whether or not I'm going to be in L.A. The one constant thing in my life is my friends and family, which is all I need