The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. That's the nucleus of the first story in my collection and it's also where the title came from for the book.
Nashville is the place where I first realized how impossible it is to look at someone and know what is inside them, what special something they possess.
When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined.

