Pipeline Artists

I cherish the couple of hours in a theater when the phones are silenced, the lights are dimmed, and you’re completely immersed into another person’s world.

I don't believe in points of no return, I want to be an example that it's never too late to take action and go after what you want.

It's okay if your creative flavor isn't for everyone, as long as you're telling your own truth—there is an audience that will respond to a genuine, well-told story.

Your art is whatever you make or do in order to process the world and the incomprehensible experience of being alive in it. That's why it feels like work and also why it feels necessary.

I’ve discovered that while an agent’s primary job is to sell books, their most important job is to keep their clients writing when we try to talk ourselves out of it.

Being an artist in the U.S. means never having to say you’re sorry but always feeling guilty anyway.

A wiser man than me once said that if you choose to make outsider art, you can expect to connect with people outside of the mainstream. I'll see you there.

I wanted to write about the various ways that misogyny and patriarchal mindsets are embedded within the Indian culture. And I wanted this to encompass all levels of class and construct.

My dad is thankful my copious hours in front of a television as a child can now be justified with a career in television.

In one home I was raised by Nintendo, in the other Comedy Central, MTV, and Conan.

Ultimately, my goal was to connect with who I was ten years ago, and show him that gay nobodies can do epic things.

Now I’m driven to write books that will draw in reluctant readers, so they can escape into books like I used to do.

... nothing makes me happier than engaging with a new script or film idea that challenges who I am, what I'm feeling, and what I want to say. That pursuit, in my opinion, is what makes a person an artist.

The biggest misconception related to writing is that you either have “it” or you don’t. Everyone can develop their writing skills, and where you’re at now versus ten years later should look very different if you put in the time.

"The sooner you embrace your weirdest self, the sooner you'll find the stories you were meant to tell." -Benjamin Franklin...actually did not say this.