I was interested in the mystical element of humor - was humor part of creation? Is God laughing at us, or with us?

I was trained to look at colour, edges, to see negative space. I honestly think my greatest influence as a writer is from Cubism - the idea of a multi-faceted, multi-perspective way of looking at things.

As if there's a world that exists that you're semi-privy to yet can't quite penetrate - that's how it feels when you're starting a book.

I have a great drive to make things and sometimes I forget to slow down a little.

At best, I think of a director as a magnet. You get all the metal fillings in all the individual actors and crew, and get those filings moving toward your magnetic direction.

That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children.

Every work coming from the creator is about getting the demons out, and each character in those stories had a different personal crisis to get through.