I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

The man I lived with is a Christian, so I would talk to him about it. What would this person do in the Bible? What's the story around this person? Generally, when people talk about characters in the Bible, there's one thing they're known for, like Job.

Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at that age, about 14, and I was mesmerized.

It's equally as important to me to be a good friend and a good sister and a good daughter. I'm very close with my family and friends.

As a genre, the best horror poses central human questions - Who can you trust? What is the cost of our secrets? What is our relationship to history? What are we blind to? What evils are lurking under the smooth surface of the self? - through radical dislocations.

Friendship and sentiment and the giving of one's words are very important.

I've had gay friends who grew up in small towns in France who had to lie for most of their lives, even to themselves. But eventually such lies become stronger than the people, and they have to face them.