As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.

People don't have these tidy little redemption arcs in reality the way they do in movies.

I usually try not to think about actors while writing, because the odds of those stars aligning and you getting those specific people are so rare.

I've been an avid consumer of young adult literature since I was one, and I think some people leave that stuff behind when they become old adults, but I never did. I was always interested in the fantasy world created in those novels.

Vodka Redbull: Upper meets downer in an effervescent hybrid of bubble gum and junkie piss

Love is mysterious and rad, like Steve Perry from Journey

A lot of people are concerned with staying physically young...I'm more interested in maintaining my curiosity.