Man plans. God laughs.

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

A trial is two narratives competing for your attention.

I don't necessarily love the sports per se, I love the stories behind them. Also in a kind of perverse way I like to study what it does to us, why we care so much. It's caring about something that's utterly meaningless.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night. I want to stir the pulse, yes, but also to stir the heart. I hope 'The Woods' does that.

I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.