I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.

I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?

Hip," I murmur, remembering last night, how I lost it completely in a stall at Nell's---my mouth foaming, all I could think about were insects, lots of insects, and running at pigeons, foaming at the mouth and running at pigeons.

And," Price adds, smiling, "if another round of Bellinis comes within a twenty-foot radius of our table we are going to set the maitre d' on fire. So you know, warn him.

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

I needed something--the distraction of another life--to alleviate fear.

Hope E.L .James doesn't think I'm being a prankster. I really want to adapt her novels for the screen. Christian Grey is a writer's dream.