L.A. is so isolated and unhip in a way; it gives you room to figure out who you are and explore more personal stuff.

I think that talking about the personal specificity, personal details, is how you get the big, big audiences - by talking about your relationships or your personal tragedies. If you reach out with that energy, you'll touch people.

When you get out there on the mound, you've got what you've got, and you got to figure out a way to get outs.

Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.

I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.

I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.