You don't go to the library and walk along and pick out a topic. You are riding the bus, or shopping at Safeway, and all of a sudden the idea comes to you.

Riding the Bus With My Sister.

I've never been comfortable with the idea of using family and friends in stories. Which is why it takes me longer than something else. Because you make them up out of nothing. Doing that is harder.

To me, it's impolite to go out shopping with no money.

Television is like a library. There are a lot of library books in it, and you have to pick and choose what you take out of it.

I don't want to own something that you can't take into your apartment at night.