I Don't Think The Competition's So Rough,

My Writing Has A Lot To Do With Who I Am, And What My Life Is Like, And My Relationships To People.

You Write Who You Are. But You Also Cheat, And Youwrite What You Want To Be. It's Embarrasing To Be The Guy Who Madethe Movie, Knowing You're Not Exactly Who You Want To Be.

You Have To Be A Brat In Order To Carve Out Your Parameters, And You Have To Be A Monster To Anyone Who Gets In Your Way. But Sometimes It's Difficult To Know When That's Necessary And When You're Just Being A Baby, Throwing Your Rattle From The Cage.

My Older Sister Was At The Cusp Of New Wave, And I Had Older Brothers From My Father's First Marriage Who Were Rock 'n' Roll Guys, So I Was Exposed To A Lot Of Popular Culture.

I Don't Miss Scenes At All The Way That I Used To Miss Them When I Was Younger Making A Film. It's Actually Quite Fun To Get Rid Of Them Now.