People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.
I think directing a film is like a woman going through labour. After she goes through the labour pain and delivers her first baby, she says she will not going to have another baby. Then, when she sees the child growing up, she decides to have one more child!
Creating 'Upgrade' was really something I enjoyed even though it was stressful. I would do it all again.
Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating?
Working in Isaac's universe was more of a treat than a challenge.
I look at whatever the finish line is for the character and then kind of act backwards from that and play him in such a way so that that finish line is more rewarding.
The road to publication is like a churro - long and bumpy, but sweet.
My ideal relationship with the reader is that at certain points they will have said, 'I'm finding this quite tough, but I'm going to hang in there,' then at the end they will say, 'Oh God, I'm glad I hung on, it was so worth it.'
Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.
No cross no crown.
Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.
The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching.
When you work for something it will eventually happen and it will be lasting, whereas when things are easy they do not always hold the same value.
