I must confess that when I'm alone in my study, here in New York, writing; that's when I'm happy.

I work seven days a week and I work about 12 hours a day, from the beginning of September to about the end of May; the school year. I take two days off, Christmas and New Year's, Thanksgiving sometimes - two and a half. And the result is that I bonded myself to my desk.

I love writing. I like reading, other people, not myself.

The foundation for film acting is stage acting.

I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy.

I'll miss it until the day I die, and I'm convinced to this day that I can get on a horse and jump a course of fences satisfactorily. It doesn't leave you.

When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.