I know in my life there's stuff that will come back because I haven't dealt with it, and it's the same with everybody.

It's a Tim sandwich. The meat is fresh, but the bread is moldy.

Some stalkers are quite benign, but finding someone in your garden at three o’clock in the morning with a meat cleaver and a hard-on can’t be much fun.

Literally, the piece at the end is where the universe is cracked apart, it's a big moment. Basically, they, the filmmakers, have directed the story earlier in the book. It happens, it's called adapting a book, you have to make decisions about things. It's not unusual having to cut out scenes.

You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.

Shakespeare has way too many lines. My ideal theatre piece is about 40 minutes long with no interval.

I never had any boyhood ambitions.