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

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

I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.

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.

The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.

I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn't be the writing.