I really am a very research-oriented writer.

I'm not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling - I like to know where the mythology's going; I like to get there in an exciting, fast-paced way - enough that there's a really clear, aggressive direction to where it's going, to pay off mystery and reward the audiences loyalty.

I've never counted my chickens before they've hatched.

People simply don't make eye contact anymore.

Beyond all our Blackberries and iPhones, we're dangerously separated from our food and water supplies.

If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do,but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic.

I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore.