Often, the stories are very much like trust falls. You fall, and you hope the story's going to catch you.

If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.

Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.

I was first introduced to Kafka's writing during my compulsory army-service basic training. During that period, Kafka's fiction felt hyperrealistic.

I like smoking pot, but I'm not the kind of guy who smokes every day.

Sometimes the stories are smarter than me, and suddenly these things start to make sense.

Writing is a way of living other lives. It is a way of expanding your life. It's not actually living a different life, it just means that you're hungry for life. There are so many things you want to do.