I became very timid, very retreating. I wouldn't talk to anybody. I didn't look you in the eye. I just had that kind of personality as a kid that basically puts a target on you.

So you can even tell the personality of the kid before you even try to talk to them. So you can try to tell if that child is depressed, lonely, unhappy in any way, in a lot of cases before you even have to make an approach, which is a predator's dream.

Moviemaking is just really neat, and I really like doing that. I'd like to get into it more, but in terms of my role in all of this and in terms of the gift that God has given me, I had to come to the conclusion that my strength is as a storyteller, creating the story.

I'm just a slow writer. I'm picky and careful and fastidious.

First of all, I was a good Christian kid. My mom and dad taught me never to fight. So I never fought. The other kids picked that up right away. They said, 'Oh, he's not going to try to do anything.' They'd push me, shove me, hit me. I'd just stand there and take it.

I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.