Every Journey Starts With Fear.

I Have An Overactive Brain, And As A Result Of That, I Can Really Get In My Own Mind. So I Like To Try And Exercise It To The Point Of Exhaustion.

I Know Exactly What That Movie's [brokeback Mountain] About. I Can't Define It; It Doesn't Tie Up In A Perfect Bow. But It's About Adolescence. It's About What It Feels Like - This Isn't Meant As A Criticism, But Like Things I Didn't Relate To, Which Were High School Movies. Where I'd Watch It And I'd Be Like, "well, Am I Like The Kid That Nobody Likes? Or Am I Like The Person Who Everybody [likes]?" I Couldn't [tell]. I Was Like Quantifying, Putting Me In A Box. "this Is My Personality At That Age" And "i'm This Kind Of Person" Just Felt Like Bullshit To Me.

What Made Me Most Courageous Was That I Realized I Had To Try To Let Go Of That Stereotype I Had In My Mind, That Bit Of Homophobia, And Try For A Second To Be Vulnerable And Sensitive. It Was F**kin' Hard, Man. I Succeeded Only For Milliseconds.

By Cool, I Don't Mean Cool. I Mean Vulnerable And A Mess.

My Mom Would Always Say This Thing About Writing - And I've Taken It Into Account In A Lot Of Things In My Life - Which Is Just, "make It Shorter." Figure Out What You Are Truly Saying, Whittle It Down To The Essence, Then Say That.