I'm a sucker for double meanings in titles.

The real skill of being a writer is being able to take your inspired moments, and make them work as a whole, through the unromantic, daily hard work.

There's so much great stuff out there. The artists who've been most formative to me are the ones I've had the privilege to work with over the years.

I love writing stories about regular people dealing with life's biggest questions.

I take a lot of inspiration from the people I work with, and having many collaborators keeps me challenged and inspired.

Theater and music are both collaborative media, and I think they're best when they combine different people's visions and aesthetics.

Every day I wake up, there's a little part of my brain that's thinking I might die in a terrorist attack today.

It's an incredible privilege to be able to sit in front of a computer and spend a few hours just thinking and writing.

Sometimes you fail

You're shocked, Mr. Burton, at hearing what our gossiping little town thinks. I can tell you this - they always think the worst!

Our loss put six feet under ground Is measured by the magnolia's root; Our gain's the intellectual sound Of death's feet round a weedy tomb.

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.

Suppose no one asked a question. What would the answer be?

The frustration of being marginalized often gets misdirected at the most visible members of one's own community, because they are more accessible than the real agents of marginalization.

We have to end the capitalist system. We have to make love our value. You are rich when you love and you are rich when you are giving away your time and what you have to help other people.

Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life.

Sometimes the British press is maybe a little bit racist.