I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.
Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often.
I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.