Maybe that's why people take pictures of themselves, to avoid being described.

That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.

It was a tiny sound but it woke me up because it was a human sound.

We don't really believe in mowing the lawn; we do it only to avoid unnecessary engagement with the neighbors.

The level of control, that's part of what's so appealing about filmmaking - you have so much control over what the reader, the viewer, is noticing from moment to moment. They can't do that boring boring boring thing as easily.

People who would not be using the word gender or thinking about gayness or trans-ness may actually, without even thinking about it, be not their own gender in their inner world. I think that's actually so normal, because female sexuality is sold to all of us. It doesn't just reach the eyes of men. You might not care about the idea of boobs or jugs or whatever, but it could impact your inner sexual life.

There's always the sense that you should strike while the iron's hot and while there are all these opportunities, but that's not the way I get ideas. It has to be more organic, building up through living and through experiencing things.