'Breaking Bad.' Because it's the best American narrative fiction of the last ten years.

Every adaptation requires that the screenwriter make difficult choices - and in particular, difficult cuts.

I'm just not a natural teacher.

That's our plan? We're going to walk fifty kilometers, right past the Germans, to a poultry collective that maybe didn't get burned down, grab a dozen eggs, and come home?" "Well, anything would sound ridiculous if said it in that tone of voice." "Tone of....I'm asking you a question!

A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter.

Every time something bad happens, like we lose a day because of weather or an actor gets injured or anything else happens, the schedule has to change. It's the most challenging Tetris puzzle.

You're a writer. Make it up.