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

I'm always hiding the books in my closet, and my art's always turned upside down in my drawer.

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 see a lot of possibilities in the age of my characters - between 18 and 21. You have a window of opportunity when you leave your childhood behind and have this chance to become what you always wanted to be. For me, that was a time when I could have gone many different ways. I was in flux and deciding what kind of person I would become. There's something interesting about the vision of what that will be and the reality of making that happen, and how you really are what you are. Unless you're "in character," it's impossible to get around that.

Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.

As soon as I'm finished with it, it feels like an impersonal project. Like, "Well, I did another book."

I actually start drawing things. Usually they're abandoned before I commit too much time and effort.