The Munsters was one of his favorite TV shows growing up
Others included The Twilight Zone and the original Star Trek
Was so enamored with Anne Rice's Interview With a Vampire that, at age 15, he tracked down her phone number and called her, asking to do the screenplay adaptation
When she informed him that producer Julia Phillips owned the rights to the novel, he then called her; she was kind, but firm, in rebuffing him
Got his start in show business by sending several spec (unsolicited) screenplays to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
The producers asked to meet with him; and eventually offered him a position on the writing staff
Enjoys science fiction and Hitchcock films; and David Bowie's music
Co-owns Fuller + Roberts, an L
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home-decor boutique, with his life partner, interior designer Scott Roberts