The condition of Asperger's syndrome is really fascinating to me. I wouldn't ever want to have it myself but I think I want to write about it, using it for a character. It's a mild form of autism, a mind blindness, a condition that hinders the brain's ability to process the facial expressions and nuances that communicate humanintent. Total misaffect and makes things impossible to read. I think it would be really fascinating- imagine how hard that would make life to navigate through and how alienated you'd feel from others and what a false front a person may even affect- they may seem odd or crazy or manipulative or cold or even robotic. I want to use it- I just have to think of a way to use it that makes sense and fits a plot organically but I like a challenge so maybe it'll work out.

I'm sometimes inspired by a scrap of vintage fabric or a hunk of metal.

I see writing as a collaboration between me and a group of ideas that present themselves.

I'm all for the DIY movement in film, music, writing- that's how real creativity can come out and have an audience and awesome talents can be shown. No matter what I'm doing creatively: writing, acting, editing, I have really exacting standards for how I go about doing it even if the end result seems carefree and fun.

I love when people say the biggest battles are with the mind because I sometimes imagine that if there's a gun pointed at your head, you'd laugh at your various mind battles over the years and THEN tell me how important those battleswere...:>

I try to take any decent opportunties I get, not turning things down even if they're scary. I memorize and rehearse, take things seriously, put a lot of time aside to work, write whenever I can. I just can't imagine making a conscious decision to do something other people are already doing and creating but lots of people do just that- I hate wearing what other people are wearing let alone doing what they do. But in the same vein, the scariest things about what I'm doing out here is that I'm purposefully following no one's blueprint and just pushing forward, picking up hints and learning as I go along.

I definitely don't have a reputation as an unstoppable party monster. I'm just sort of a complicated and colorful in day to day life but when it comes to nightlife it has to be somewhere I really want to go or with people I really want to see. Basically, costume parties are a no-brainer for me. Anytime I have an excuse to dress up in costume and hang around with people, that's just my favorite time of all- then I get crazy excited.

I'm a huge geek but not a dork or a nerd. A geek just means you have interests and obsessions that you love to think and talk about constantly and if you're lucky, get to base your career on in some way.