The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator.

Your reality, isn’t restricted by this cell we live in. If you read something, if you study something, you transcend any cell you’re inside of

I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.

The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again.

I believe in characters as vehicles of exposition. Their voices are full of hidden clues, and I like to listen to them.

I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.