I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.

I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

I've gotten incredibly lucky with the people I've gotten to work with. It's made my mind better, and it's made me a better person.

What I did have was an incredible amount of belief in myself.

It's a good thing I learned some humility and perspective as I got older.

I just don't care that much about how famous I am. I care a lot about our world, and whether our planet will survive. It seems really low-stakes how many Twitter followers I have, in the grand scheme of things. In 80 years, who will care?