Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect.

I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.

Imbuing fiction with a life that extends beyond the last word is in some ways the goal: the ending that goes beyond the ending in the reader's mind, so invested are they in the story.

That's how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in, forcing you to live in its reality.

But what if you discover that the price of purpose is to render invisible so many other things?

When they give you things, ask yourself why. When you're grateful to them for giving you the things you should have anyway, ask yourself why.

Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect.