I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a realist writer, who tends to have flights of fancy at times, but nevertheless, my feet are mostly on the ground.

No one wants to be part of a fiction, and even less so if that fiction is real.

Writing has always had a tactile quality for me. It's a physical experience.

I've learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious.

There is a double rhythm in all human beings. We are binary beings - two arms, two legs, two eyes, two ears. Two legs for walking. And the heartbeat thumping in our chest mirrors that.

I know the pleasure you get from making your films. The intense involvement in every aspect: the acting, the camera, the colors, the costumes, even the hair and makeup. Editing is thrilling. Everything to do with films is absorbing - everything but the money part, the business. But I'm deeply glad I've had that experience.

All men contain several men inside them, and most of us bounce from one self to another without ever knowing who we are.