“Funny enough, I don't really recall being read kids' books as a child....” — Julio Torres Quote

Funny enough, I don't really recall being read kids' books as a child. I think my truly favorite thing to do was flipping through the adult coffee table books and imagining what those worlds were.

Both of my parents have a really sharp eye for reading people through their homes. Reading people through the kind of person that they are based on the kind of furniture that they have. The kind of remodel they want.

I joined the WGA when I got a writing job at 'Saturday Night Live.' That job was the first time I ever experienced financial stability. My parents, a civil engineer and an architect, are both college-educated, hard-working, talented and productive, but live in a country where that's just not enough.

At Newark airport once, this person gave me a coral stone - this very smooth orange rock that was supposed to be for creativity. I've gotten a lot of stones from people, randomly. And I've kept all of them.

It's not about giving back if you're successful or a celebrity or how much money you have: it's about your responsibility as an adult to help others.

I love Pixar films; I think they're the greatest filmmakers in the world. I love Disney films. 'Tangled,' was great. I loved 'How to Train Your Dragon,' the Dreamworks film. But it's not for me. I don't want to make a film for families; I want to make adult films.

I didn't have a lot of experience with adult fantasy. And that's sort of what intersected with me and 'The Witcher.'

To be more childlike, you don't have to give up being an adult. The fully integrated person is capable of being both an adult and a child simultaneously. Recapture the childlike feelings of wide-eyed excitement, spontaneous appreciation, cutting loose, and being full of awe and wonder at this magnificent universe.