The Shield made me realize there were great opportunities for writers in TV.

I write out of enthusiasm. Momentum that comes from a new idea. Eagerness to explore. I also write out of fear - fear of losing an idea - fear of feeling stagnant.

I feel like having an actual taxidermy-ed mammal would get gross, like its hair would get dirty and stuff.

I was tired of working in an office and I wanted to make a living telling stories. There are not many people who find a way to do this.

Sometimes I try to meditate, which I hope will help, but it doesn't really. But lots of times my dreams have the seed of an intriguing story.

Horror is so basic. You'd get an adrenaline jolt from watching your mom get gored by a woolly mammoth. A horror movie gives you the adrenaline without having to have your mom get gored.

I love horror movies. I consider myself a horror author, sometimes.

Fiction and screenwriting blend for me. I feel like being a TV writer/screenwriter has definitely made my fiction writing better, although I have less time to do it.

We're lucky to be in the middle of a TV renaissance. It's the healthiest storytelling medium in our culture.

I own some bugs encased in lucite or something. I also have a big cat's eye - a fake one - made for a taxidermist. I really like animals.

Yeah, most guys don't like to think about going to a bar with a girlfriend and watching her leave with someone else.

But, luckily, he kept his wits and his purple crayon.

Well, best to remain vigilant. It’s when everything is calm that you need to be most alert.

Only the flexibly creative person can really manage the future, Only the one who can face novelty with confidence and without fear.

If you've got a dream, there is no one out there to stop you, from achieving it.

We slit the Catholic throat, stoned the poor on such slogans as wish you could hear and love is all we need.

Each night I lie down in a graveyard of memories. Moonlight spins a shroud about me.

Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.

Learn as if you will live forever.

The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion.

Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only.