There was not an awareness of pop culture in the household. There was a lot of respect for working hard, and for intellectual and professional achievement.

There's so much writing I could have done and so many ideas that I had and so many things I wanted to work on that I didn't. I like too much having things in my head rather than doing the work.

I always had a fantasy of meeting a girl who was as serious as I was.

Maybe that's good to not feel like you have to keep up when there's so much to keep up with right now. It's bottomless.

My parents are both scientists, and I was raised without god.

When I'm editing, I try to bring out some dramatic structure. I think it is about theater in some way; it is a little play.

I do feel it. And I've felt it my whole life, that the supernatural has a role in the world.