The truth of the story lies in the details.

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

To care about words, to have a stake in what is written, to believe in the power of books - this overwhelms the rest, and beside it one's life becomes very small.

I'm in constant inner dialogue with my father still.

I think the act of talking about something - with a friend, or someone in your family, or someone you care about, and you're discussing something that you both admire - can often sharpen your thoughts about what you've read or seen and help you think more clearly about it.

In Invisible there's a lot about childhood, the death of the brother and then the relationship between the brother and sister.

The things we remember are often things that have great emotional importance, and so they have a lasting effect.