It may take hundreds of pages before you begin to get a handle on the craft of writing, and your first scripts may not work. The next five to twenty may not either. However, the ones that do work owe everything to the ones that didn't.

My brothers were the ones who taught me about mythology and storytelling, and showed me how to do stop-motion animation.

I often think about the many remarkable things that my personal computer can do which I never ask it to do. I probably use a small fraction of its capabilities. I often wonder if the same dynamic occurs with our capacity for creativity.

In these times of stress, snark, division and despair, I still suspect that two of the most important features we possess are imagination and a capacity for goodness. Those are qualities for which we will be remembered most fondly.

I devoted myself to writing for years without representation or a promise of anything. And there were times when I felt quite down about my prospects.

Women have a greater verbal capacity.

I love so many different genres. I love crime films - and unusual coming-of-age pieces.