You're not really going to know what a place is like 'til you've lived there a few years - you sort of just have to go with your gut.

I couldn't name more than a couple of good drum'n'bass acts, and I have no idea what's big in the dance world right now.

People will complain that they don't want to wait around for lightning to strike, but why not? If you invest yourself in chance, the potential for disappointment is pretty low.

Not everybody relates to pain, but if you can watch other people playacting it, you can absorb some of that vibe. It's like watching horror movies - you want to have the experience, but in a safe environment.

It's hard to stay positive when there's a lot of evil in the world.

People involved in my personal life make fun of me a lot for not being jaded.

I'm finding things out about myself as a person - as a writer - as I write, and so are the people who listen to what I do. But they have this additional aspect of how they take the stuff that I do, and so it broadens the work and it creates this strange connection. It's really a way of strangers communicating through this third thing, which is a body of work. But really, I know it's a cliché to say I write for myself, but I write for myself.