I'm really interested in people's decisions.

I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.

I think the recent cluster of WWII novels is so good because we have reached an optimal distance from the war. Just as a lens has its focal length, the novel also has its best distance from the action.

There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.

I think bravery means a different thing to everyone.

I'm not happy with just repeating myself.

If your face is swollen from the severe beatings of life, smile and pretend to be a fat man.