Sometimes constraints actually create success. Not being able to swim made me run. And running taught me the discipline I needed as a writer.

My father read Charles Dickens to us as children, and at the end of virtually every novel he would choke up and start to cry - and my father NEVER cried. It always made me love him all the more.

The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story.

Performance ought to improve with experience, and pressure is an obstacle that the diligent can overcome.

I don't want to be like the angry old guy in the corner who is always ranting and raving about the same things - but I don't mind doing that just a little bit!

Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a judgment?' ... If you have no experience, then your instincts aren't any good.

If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.