One thing I really envy about my friends who have kids is that as their children develop, they're able to revisit their own developmental stages and recognise themselves and undo a lot of things they decided.
From Chuck Palahniuk
My way of being with people is probably incredibly unhealthy, in that I'll be incredibly social, and I won't write a word for maybe a year, and I'll just be with people, going to parties and soaking up stories, and just sort of recharging all of my ideas.
A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart.
People say I make up wild stories. But all I have to do is write down stuff that really happens.
Being lonely is not a bad thing for a writer.
When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other people, and my writing sucked. Now I have a laptop; I can do the most tedious part of my job in a public place.
My teacher Tom Spanbauer, the man who got me started writing in his workshop, used to say: 'Writers write because they weren't invited to a party.' That always struck so true, and people always nod their heads when they hear that. Especially writers.
I am enormously uncool. I've made a cottage industry of being uncool. And I'm fine with that.
David Fincher is a genius.
My writing process isn't a very organized thing.
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