I was interested in all kinds of things, whether it be Avatar, Mad Men, Troy, 300, Battlestar Gallactica, or the poems of Horace and Sappho. I always….

My dream is to do exactly what I'm doing. I love writing and directing, and being somebody that can write about an artist I love or make a film about….

I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what I write..

As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist and never thought I'd be writin….

As Im writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place..

I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels..

Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it..

For a while I never show anybody what I'm writing, and during that time I need the feeling that publishing is only an option. I might publish this, I….

Carry a notebook and write down examples of good and poor design. After a week, you'll begin to realize that nearly everything is the product of a de….

In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise marke….

I write everything. I have that control issue with my music. That's why I'm not in a band..

Faith engenders courage; and also requires it..

I write with music. I write scenes in movies that hopefully can earn the use of some songs that are powerful to me..

Sometimes things you write are messages to yourself. Even though I think my stuff has a particular voice because you are who you are, it's good to sw….

I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language..

Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there - I write up ….

So the fact that there's someone who's planning what happens to the characters, writing it down, means that the characters always have a fate. And wh….

While medicine creates material for writing, perhaps even more important is that it also creates a psychological and emotional need to write..

I try to write about how we live today, how we use language, technology, our bodies..

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step toward it..

When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing..