I'm Godless. And So I've Had To

I'm Godless. I've Had To Make My God, And My God Is Narrative Filmmaking

For Too Long We Have Been Taking, And The Earth Has Been Giving. But That Free-for-all, That All-you-can-eat Buffet, It's Over. The Salad Bar Is Closed.

I Remember The Few Times That Happened To Me In Writing, Where You Basically Start Writing And You Look At The Clock And Six Hours Have Gone By And You're, Like, "whoa! What The Hell Just Happened?" And That Piece Ends Up In The Final Product Even Though The Final Product Is Three Years Away. It Doesn't Get Rewritten. It Came Out The Right Way. But That's Happened To Me So Few Times In My Life.

I Was A Tv Junkie As A Kid. I Am The Sesame Street Generation.

In Seventh Grade I Had A Magical Teacher, Her Name Was Mrs. Fried. She Wore Only Pink, She Drove A Pink Mustang, And She Was Half Out Of Her Head. But Very Inspiring. And One Day She Said, "take Out A Paper And Pen And Write Something About Peace." For Some Reason I Wrote A Poem On Noah - I Don't Know Why I Chose Noah - And It Turned Out It Was For A Contest For The Un. I Ended Up Winning And Reading The Poem In Front Of The Un. I Remember Mrs. Fried Telling Me, "when You Write Your First Book, Dedicate It To Me." That Was Like, "whoa."