In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.

When you see somebody who's got a complaining personality, it usually means that they had some vision of what things could be, and they're constantly disappointed by that. I think that would be the camp that I would fall into - constantly horrified by the things people do.

I really want people to read the book, and bookstores never sold an issue of Eightball because nobody knew what it was.

But I enjoy the opportunity to use swear symbols.

I was thinking the other day that there will never be another form of music that everybody has to respond to - like disco.

Writing a screenplay, I'm like, "All I'm responsible for is that final script, and I take great effort and pride in that." But once I give it to someone to make, I can disassociate with it entirely and not worry that my vision isn't being represented, because I understand fully that that's not how it works.

I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult.