I loved writing 'Two Brothers' more than anything else I have written. It's the first book I've written that I've always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights.

The worst thing about being a great power is when you're not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.

If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not; then marriages would be truly made in heaven.

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.

Leaders should never, ever try to look cool - that's for dictators

This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.

Artists don't create society, they reflect it