I grew up around some people whose parents toured a lot: tough on the marriage, tough on the kids.

I'm sort of a cavedweller: I miss my house, my yard, my kitchen, my wife. The trees. When I get home, I like to get down into my office neighborhood as soon as I can.

It's a cliché to state that one should think like a child, but it's clear that kids know something that the world tries to make you unlearn later in life.

Everybody experiences reality in a way that's only true for them.

When I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands on.

Labor for a lot of people has a negative connotation. But not for me. I always want to be working.

The possibility of disaster remains horrific to me. Like when you know everything's about to go wrong in a way that's not controllable or knowable.