I don't subscribe to anything. I sit there and I try to think about what seems honest to me.

I think dreams are metaphors. Everything you do in writing is metaphorical. So it seems like the same arena to me.

Do not simplify. Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honour. It means you risked failure.

There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories. They have to be given their due.

I like actors - I used to be one.

There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world.

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.