The writing process was some of the most exciting and rewarding moments of my life. It felt a lot like being in a band.

The kindest compliments I have ever heard are when cops tell me Training Day and Assault on Precinct 13 inspired them to become cops. The funniest compliments I have ever heard are when people tell me that 'I love your band Sugar Ray.

My relationship to reality has been so utterly skewed for so long that I don't even notice it any more. It's just my reality.

The truth is that the more you get paid, the less freedom you have. They never pay you for nothing.

I feel like everyone I meet is an imaginary friend. I don't know. The older I get the more I wonder what's real.

Nightmares are a strange thing. Your worst fear is sometimes something you enjoy thinking about, for some strange reason. I don't know why that is, but it's some kind of fantasy that people play out. "What would I do to protect my children? I'd do anything." And then, you watch it play out. I'm petrified of such a thing.

I remember being a kid and sleeping over at my friend's house and staying up late and watching 'Nosferatu.' Vampire movies are supposed to be secret and bad. They should be rated R.