I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

I've never minded being disciplined. I'd always rather have a quiet evening in than go to a wild party. Discipline for me has always been the foundation which leaves me free to fly.

Because I come from the theater, I use the images of the theater and of movies a great deal when I write. I see the story in my head. I have to break down the outline of a story first. I have to know where I'm going. Usually I have a good beginning and a good ending, and then I think, "Now I have to find my way through it."

I'd like to be an original, to be myself and not a pale copy of anyone else.

I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

I would like to make one thing quite clear. ... I never explain anything.

You never feel lonely if you're writing, because you're living with all these characters in your head.