I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man was reading my face.
“What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.”
“I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.”