I was playing the game where I was going to be a great TV or film writer some day and there was nothing else that I thought about, including other people.

I don't really have a lot of appropriate feelings for people on an individual basis, but I've always wanted to make people happy.

'I want to touch people but if I touch them in real life they'll slap me.' That's what writing isit's a gross person getting a hug.

It was never my direct intention to do anything particularly medium-defying.

Technology changes the medium. I grew up on watching a box in my living room that made my parents happy. After something is gone, the dust will settle and I'll see what's next.

Always hedge your bets. That's how I do it. I lay all my bets on what I can contribute, and suffer no illusions that I'm generating stuff by myself.

I think thoughts in my head bounce around in my skull and, if they keep bouncing around in my skull, they get worse and worse. When they come out of my mouth, they make people happy.