I don't know why, but I've always been a sucker for roller coasters in movies.

I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy and self-deprecating.

Here's my unsolicited advice to any aspiring screenwriters who might be reading this: Don’t ever agonize about the hordes of other writers who are ostensibly your competition. No one else is capable of doing what you do.

To aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible, easily. If you think about it, even ten years ago or twenty years ago, there was a middle man, there was a publisher, there were studios, there was this world of rejection letters. Now, we're in a place where we have the technology and the ability to go shoot our own movies or to put stuff on YouTube or a blog, if you're a writer, or self-publish.

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.

For me, writing essays, prose and fiction is a great way to be self-indulgent.

I think when you take people who are damaged and you give them money and freedom, it can be a toxic cocktail.