I've always felt that the basic unit of writing fiction is the sentence, and the basic unit of the screenplay is the scene.

Everybody says, TV is great, the writer has so much power. I'm still trying to convince myself that's true. When do the writers ever have power? Ever? They don't. Even in the book industry.

I thought, writing is everything, it's so much more important than this or that. If only I could give that young man a stern talking to. Having a child changes things quite a bit.

I do have complicated feelings about Hollywood, but I also have tremendously affectionate ones.

When I moved to SF in my early 20s, I loved it, but I was absolutely astonished to discover that people there hated L.A. I was just like why? Really? I had no idea.

Sacrificing one's life on the altar of literature is in some ways like sacrificing a goat to some malicious spirit. It's not always a humane or necessary decision.

My parents were very patient with my pretentious little adolescent snobberies. It took me awhile to accept them.