I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write.

My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too.

If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.