You make something, and you really have fun with it, and you try to put emotion in it, and at the end of the day, you have no idea how the tide is going to fall. You don't know if everyone's going to like it, if everyone's going to hate it, if it's going to be like you're a media darling, or all of a sudden you're a sellout. You have no idea.

I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift.

Maybe you should kiss someone who is nice, or lick a rock, or both.

When I walk through the city, I just think that I see my family. I see us in everybody, you know? I see us.

Even if you're an observer of a story that you yourself made up, you're still very much connected to it. You love it and feel it, no less than somebody's who's writing from their direct 'I' or 'me.' I'm just so much more interesting in stories than confessions.

I hate picking favourite books. I usually tend to stay away from all the 'top record' and 'favourite song' and 'favourite book', and I just think it doesn't do any good for anybody.

I have to work hard and organize myself so that I'm present and not a slacker.