You have to find something, anything to latch onto—anything to keep you going.

Here’s your homework: get to thinking. And seeing. And separating you from yourself so the two can finally meet.

These games taught me a valuable lesson about the importance of perspective and POV in storytelling. The lessons go much further than that. This game may have actually changed my outlook on life.

One of the key insights for crafting characters that feel real is determining what weighs on their mind as they go about their day – their burdens.

We throw obstacles into their paths that they cannot hope to overcome with these particular flaws. Merciless creators! Is this the way to treat someone you love?

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

Do I have key art chock-full of laurels? Sure. Do any of those laurels actually mean anything to anyone? Um … let’s move on.

I couldn’t escape the thought that maybe I just didn’t have the personality to make it as a screenwriter.

Once you’ve had five meetings with managers, who do you get the best vibe from? Which of them showed the most passion for your career? Who do you feel is going to work the hardest for you?

When we’re on the brink of losing it all, we find out who we really are and what we’re made of.

The death knell of a writer is to become bored, or even worse, blocked. I’ve avoided this plague by keeping myself challenged and engaged in different mediums.

"Animation is so close to the language of dreams, and the language of dreams is so close to the language of mythology."

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.

When I open the pages, I am no longer me. It is the opposite of social media. And it takes practice to read, and to write as though you have read.