CP: Manson
called me a couple weeks ago. He said he's got this
production deal with Ron Howard at Imagine Studios.
He asked me if I'm interested in co-creating a TV
series with him. That's the first and last I've heard
of it. I'm like, Wow, could my life get any more surrealistic.
PB: Yeah, when Marilyn
Manson calls you up....
CP: ...to write something
for Opie. [Laughs]
PB: Trent Reznor asked
for an advance copy of Choke. How'd that come up?
CP: I said in some
interview that I had listened to a lot of Nine Inch
Nails when I was writing Fight Club. I got a call
last spring from Nothing Records when Trent was
coming through town on tour, and they asked if I
wanted to meet him. Getting to go backstage and
meet people whose work has always inspired my work
is amazing.
PB: What music do
you listen to now while writing?
CP: Nine Inch Nails,
Manson. Funny, I always go back to Nine Inch Nails.
I just wrote Lullaby, my new horror novel. I swear
I listened to Fixed tens of thousands of times.
Just put it on repeat and let it play over and over.
Also Radiohead. Pablo Honey is one I listen to a
lot.
