Bad circumstances have a way of ruining things that would otherwise be pleasant.

What you don't read is often as important as what you do read.

So every so often, when I meet someone who's honestly appalled by my books and doesn't understand why they would be attractive to people... I find such people sort of charming, even though they usually don't like me.

There are secrets everywhere. I think everyone's parents have secrets. You just have to know where to look for them.

Don’t repeat yourself. It’s not only repetitive, it’s redundant, and people have heard it before.

When I wrote Rick, I had the idea that I would take the plot of nearly every opera and turn it into a dark film, which is something I still may do.

As I am sure you know, when people say 'It's my pleasure,' they usually mean something along the lines of, 'There's nothing on Earth I would rather do less.' [...]