Pakistan now is like a horror film franchise. You know, it's 'Friday the 13th, Episode 63: The Terrorist from Pakistan.' And each time we hear of Pakistan it's in that context.

Only in novels can we take another human being into our head and create something jointly.

I really do believe that people surprise you. And one of the powerful things about novels is that they're about characters, and those characters live their lives.

I'm not sure if guys are supposed to read Vanity Fair. I feel very metrosexual with it but am not sure it's in my comfort zone.

Love is transient even on a very personal level. We lose everyone that we love. Sometimes we drift apart and sometimes we die.

When the machine of a human being is turned on, it seems to produce a protagonist, just as a television produces an image.

The notion of love as a potentially destructive and potentially redemptive human force is something that comes across in all my books.