Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off. But it's better if you do.

Alice: It's the only way to leave. "I don't love you anymore. Goodbye." Dan: Supposing you do still love them? Alice: You don't leave.

I love everything about you that hurts.

I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent.

I think a tragedy is something where the natural order of things is completely interrupted and doesn't right itself.

I used to go with my parents and loved it, I was in school plays, and I started reading plays before I started reading novels. I'll defend it to the hilt. When theatre is good it is fabulous.

It's one of the reasons I don't do drugs. One sniff and I'd go all the way.