When he smiled, something strange happened to my insides. It was like they turned to liquid.

Jesse, this is Craig. Craig, Jesse. You two should get along. Jesse's dead, too.

We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest.

No one wants to pursue anything creative anymore, because that's too risky. They may not get the kind of return on the financial investment they've made in their education that they think they should.

Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor.

I needed another soda. I’d only had six since breakfast.

Strong female characters - even if they don't necessarily make the same decisions that we might - make such great narrative material, especially when there's an equally strong male character in the mix.