Writers need restrictions. If somebody just says, "Hey, do you want to write a novel, or an article, or a movie, or a short story, you get shut down."

Everybody keeps falling back to the same patterns without doing too much dramaturgy.

I think of there being two conditions that creative people go through. I think it's fear and curiosity.

Regret is a tricky word. Here's a big secret: nobody knows what wasn't.

I joked recently that I thought 30 seconds a day for three years would be the best way to enjoy it, and I'm going to stand by that statement.

Violence has not really been an issue. Even in my wildest hopes, I wasn't trying to get violence in.

It's much easier to say negative things in a review.