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The Stuff I Write Isn't Strictly Autobiographical, But It's Personal, If That Makes Any Sense. It Draws All These Little Incidents And People Out Of My Life And Then Contorts Them.

I Hear That 5 O'clock Whistle In My Mind Like Fred Flintstone And I Have To Stop. I'm Also Not Much Of A Morning Writer. I Have A Sweet Spot From About 11am To 4pm. But I Really Work During That Time.

I Want Maggie Gyllenhaal. I Don't Know Why. I Don't Think She Necessarily Looks Like Me Or Acts Like Me, I Just Think She's A Cool Actress And She Could Play Me, So There You Go.

I Don't Know If I Have Some Kind Of Defiance Disorder Or Something, But If I'm Hired To Write Something By "the Man," Or By A Studio, For Whatever Reason, It's Really Hard For Me To Finish. I Inevitably Wind Up Using That Time To Write Something Else.

People Say 'teenage Girls Aren't So Clever. Your Characters Should Be Less Articulate To Reflect Our Youth.' People Who Say That Aren't Spending Time With Teenagers.