I've always been interested in writing from the perspective of an outsider.

Every experience, good or bad, is a priceless collector's item.

Regret is pointless. I never do anything without first deciding to do it based on facts and feelings, and if it doesn't work out how I hoped, oh well - there's another notch on my experience belt.

The kind of stuff I usually read is a bit more on the literary side, like books that I think are influential in the sense that they're doing pulpy subject matter in a refined way. Like 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy; I loved that book.

I have a very vivid imagination.

I'm developing a record company. I'm learning how to supervise music on a film.

Well, I've been recording myself on a computer since I was about 13 or 14. So it's completely entwined with my creative process. Essentially, it allows you to make music that's better and smarter than you are, by using your ears to lead the way.

I wouldn't say anything I ever did in film would be something I'd use the word proud about. I've done better work in the theater.