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I'd never written a song before 'The Blood'; I didn't know it was going to be a song.

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood.

I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.

First novels tend to be blood-lettings, and they're focused on you, not the reader.

I love new writing, new blood, modern works by unknown writers.

I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.

It's got a lot more room for nuance and an assumption that people have started from the beginning. 'Bloodline' ends up being like a really good novel.

In 'There Will Be Blood,' my character was someone who was an actor himself almost. He had a rehearsed quality about him. He was a performance artist in a way.

I will write another book if I feel like it.

I wasn't sitting around years ago thinking, 'I really want to write a novel.'