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I think of myself as an assistant storyteller.

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

Whether I'm telling stories in songs or if directing is the next step, being a storyteller is what I like doing.

Essentially, I'm a storyteller, and I make my living by telling stories, be they music or nonfiction or fiction.

I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue.

I try and make little stories. Whether it's with a pencil or with bits of records, it's really the same thing.

I write and record all the time; it's my hobby and my passion.

I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.

I'm a social writer in the sense that I want to record, but not in the sense of trying to change people's minds.

I've got a particular way of writing novels, and that carries over into the way I write comics and games, too. I'm a news journalist by background, so I approach everything as reporting - I treat it as real, I ask the questions I'd ask in a real situation, and I let the characters speak for themselves.