Growing up, I didn't know any writers and felt somewhat isolated.

I've seen fan art from readers that is professional-grade in quality.

Before I ever begin writing a new story, I have to sketch my characters out on paper. It's part of my process of understanding who they are.

As a writer, I try to appeal to the 'elusive boy audience' the same way I try to appeal to everyone: I do the very best I can to create interesting characters, addictive plots, tons of conflict, believable settings, unexpected plot twists, intriguing beginnings, and satisfying endings.

In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm playing.

I went to college for political science and got a bartending job.

Whatever I read went under my skin. I almost devoured the literature, which became like a road to discovery.

I've always been interested in the tension between knowledge and mystery, between science and religion, and the various ways we cope with the unknown. Some of those are productive; some can be attempts to pin down things that are by nature impossible to know.