We lost so many talented artists and writers from the generations before ours that we're really lacking older figureheads.

I definitely don't take any of intrusions in my private life personally. You learn how to have a sense of humor pretty quickly. I honestly don't keep up on it unless it's something that would hurt someone else. I can take care of myself, that's not the problem. But it's just not fair to bring anyone else into the picture.

It's just as political, what you do in the bedroom is just as political as what you do in public.

I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can't I escape and learn something?

There is a value to moving more slowly through a story.

We've come under the influence of television, where in all honesty we can follow a show that could just get cancelled midway through the season and the entire plotline never resolves itself.

Going out into the country after living in the city is a loss of control.