I think people face that in any artistic field, this idea of: oh, I could do that, if I had the time.

I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.

Somebody once said to me that photography and writing don't get respect because people think that they can do it, too.

I don't want to have to give up me, in order to be his.

I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.

I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.

By sharing an experience, or creating an experience that we all go through where the character survives - though not easily, I always say that it's victory at a price - does give people hope.