All I want to do is make serious movies that explore social issues and turn a profit, and slip the schnitzel to Jane DePugh.

I almost had an intransigent mental spirit. I always wanted things.

I'm trying to be less bombastic. I love my books. I think I've done things nobody else has done.

It was easy not to think of my future; I didn't have one.

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

I think I'm out of crime fiction now, and I think the dividing line is American Tabloid.

I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little.