A miracle is changing someone's life. Freeing them from whatever bonds them. Giving them the gift of being able to live the way they dream of living.

I just think it's a great world to tell stories in, to tell cool stories: money, sex, fame, and scandal. Those are great subject matters to work with.

I'm trying to influence the next generation or two generations or three generations behind me. That's a big ambition of mine.

It's been great getting better with you.

I've been alone my whole life, I can't do it anymore.

I've always said I'm more influenced in what I do by artists, and how they work, how they think, and the freedom they're given to work and think, than I really am by other writers.

To say that you can't see echoes of the past in what I do would be absurd. Everything that has preceded me has affected me.