I don't know if I have some kind of defiance disorder or something, but if I'm hired to write something by "The Man," or by a studio, for whatever reason, it's really hard for me to finish. I inevitably wind up using that time to write something else.

Nobody comes to Minnesota to take their clothes off, at least as far as I know.

I try to avoid Twitter. I occasionally can't resist the siren call of email.

You hear the term "staying grounded" a lot when you're coming up in the movie industry and it's the one word I don't really understand because it implies being tethered almost and I don't like that. Why stay grounded? You might as well become a complete eccentric, float off into the sky and burn yourself on the sun and go crazy.

I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch.

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

I have a lot of screenwriter friends and many of them have had an experience where they aren't even welcome on set during production.