I love watching the Serengeti, the way lions live. The only way the king lion loses his crown is by somebody physically defeating him.

The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown:
The Lion beat the Unicorn all around the town.
Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown:
Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town.

See this abdicated beast, once king
Of them all, nibble his claws:
Not anger enough left—no, nor despair—
To break his teeth on the bars.

He said he was involved with the Lions. I said 'What's a Lion?'

I love Monet - I've nicknamed him King Blob. When you go up to the painting, it's a series of blobs - amazing.

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.