I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.

They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better.

I feel there are so many things in this world that have been and are being created that I could spend the rest of my life thinking about, and I couldn't cover all the things I'm interested in. That to me is what makes life sweet-learning and exploring.

If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.

Anyone has outside influences. They are the results of the cosmic roll of the dice: this person is born Aragon the Ranger, this person is born a prisoner in North Korea, this person is born Carlos the Dwarf. Some of these things are out of our control, but that doesn't mean that they can't be changed. A character, just like a person in real life, is a summation of her actions and feelings. Our actions and emotions are not performed against nothing, they do not arise from dust, we are in constant friction, and/or flow with our surroundings.

The wind came in languid gusts like whispered reminders.

I love that the idea of examining memory, and the way memory is edited was made more interesting because it was being filtered through a writer.