Whether I'm writing scripts or prose, the goal is identical. To give pleasure. Now whether I succeed or not is up for debate, and, mostly, I fail. But I try. I like to make things. It's a way to stay busy during one's ephemeral and confusing life.

My sophomore English teacher encouraged me to write for the school paper, and that's what got me started. Suddenly it struck me that being a writer could be a romantic and adventurous position. Previously, I had thought I would be a tennis pro, giving lessons at a local club. I thought that would be a good life, and it might have been.

I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.

People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

I didn't play or like a lot of board games as a child. I liked playing with my G.I. Joes and making up adventures for them.

Unfortunately, I'm one of those idiots who knows everything about health and is in a constant state of alarm, and yet I continue to do everything I shouldn't do.

As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.