I think it's restrictive to typecast myself as a novelist because I enjoy other forms of expression. I love literature and I love cinema.

It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.

The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work.

To me the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't think it's ever a rational process.

I think every single person perceives things differently. We are all singular.

I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.

I've never forgotten what it's like to be in your early twenties, which is not a particularly easy time. You've left your family, you've left the strictures of high school, and you're trying to break free and form yourself but you have to support yourself as well. We don't really give enough credence to that time of life and to its troubles.