Well, as anyone who actually writes knows, if you sit down and are prepared, then the ideas come. There's a lot of different ways people explain that, but, you know, I find that if I sit down and I prepare myself, generally things get done.

Hamlet got a gun now.

Anything that I'm doing I'm writing specifically for a particular project.

The writer who refuses to explore the darker regions of the heart will never be able to write convincingly about the wonder, the magic and the joy of love for just as goodness cannot be trusted unless it has breathed the same air as evil.

There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.

At some point you start seeing the difference between what you really want, and what is your priority order. I feel that today I know what I want. That's the problem with perspective, as well as focus and concentration.

The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.