Doing good stuff or stuff that you are proud of takes time and takes effort.
The novel remains a very special form for me.
When you're writing a novel, you're still telling a story. But you're telling it very differently. It's a craft like anything else.
In a novel, the only budgetary limitations are that of your imagination.
I guess I've always been an aspiring novelist. I went to Princeton and wrote a novel for my thesis.
I have a ways to go as a novelist. But what's great is, well, I frankly enjoyed the solitude. And I enjoyed being able to tell characters what to say and do without negotiating with an actor.