I think my sensibility is very literary; all my books were built as books, and I wasn't thinking about them being movies.

I think my sensibility is very literary; all my books were built as books, and I wasn't thinking about them being movies.

There’s no grand plan. All I know is that I write the books I want to write. All that other stuff is meaningless to me.

Every book for me is an exorcism in some way or another, working through my feelings at the time.

You do not write a novel for praise, or thinking of your audience. You write for yourself; you work out between you and your pen the things that intrigue you

You don't market-research a novel; you really are writing it for yourself. It's a hobby, in many ways. The problem becomes what you do when you're confronted by criticism. You just don't listen to it.

Sex is mathematics. Individuality no longer an issue. What does intelligence signify? Define reason. Desire - meaningless. Intellect is not a cure. Justice is dead.