I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing...
If my career continues along its current arc people will probably look at me...
I think that if people are instructed about anything it should be about the...
Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes...
My books are elegiac in the sense that they're odes to a nation that even I...
I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the...
At the risk of appearing disingenuous I don't really think of myself as...
Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me.
About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just...
I don't think there's a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I...
To me I'm just a regular person going to the mall with friends and now I'm...
My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor...
Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I...
I have mostly been terrified of listening to scary stories around a campfire....
You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what. My dad gave...
I lost my mother who suffered from Alzheimer's disease and we had to...
My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They...
I also turn down what's probably a good amount of coinage to be made out of...
My dad was an engineer and so I had this picture of science and technology...
My dad like many Southern men is this very emotionally expressive person...