I love drama. I love to play an arc.
Nonfiction is both easier and harder to write than fiction. It’s easier because the facts are already laid out before you, and there is already a narrative arc. What makes it harder is that you are not free to use your imagination and creativity to fill in any missing gaps within the story.
When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.
It’s really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
You don’t have to be a superhero to change the arc of history.
The Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower. They’re monumental. They’re straight out of Page 52 in your school history book.
My writing process is very organic. I start with an idea. I have the general story arc and the cast. But then I sit down to write, and things change.
I can bend my wrist down to my forearm. I can wrench my fingers backward until they rest on my hand. A hitchhiker’s thumb might arc into a 90-degree angle; mine will go to 135.
