At 23, you can completely, literally reinvent yourself if you want to.

I get nostalgic about having lived in Ames, Iowa, even though being a vegetarian in Iowa is not fun.

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.

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

While writing is a mystical process, it's also work. If you show up to work five days in a row, nobody's going to pat you on the back - everyone does that. Well, do that with your writing. Just show up. Be there for it. When you get an idea, write it down somewhere and then be a steward of that idea.

Kayfabe is kind of a code. To break kayfabe is to let people know that the punch was not real and that the match was scripted.

I enjoy hearing people who are good at their instruments and who've found a distinctive voice.