He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch.

I was in the machine. My whole life. Then the machine coughed and spat me out. So I thought, OK, if I'm out, I'm out. All the way out. I was a little angry and it was probably an immature reaction. But I got used to it.

For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader.

It's always tense when you move a character from a book to the screen. Always tense.

Now they broke my toothbrush, I don't own anything.

No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.

Evaluate. Long experience had taught me to evaluate and assess. When the unexpected gets dumped on you, don’t waste time. Don’t figure out how or why it happened. Don’t recriminate. Don’t figure out whose fault it is. Don’t work out how to avoid the same mistake next time. All of that you do later. If you survive.