Some things get written more quickly than others, but I can't really measure degrees of difficulty.

You're too good for this world, and because of that the world will eventually crush you.

The best filmmakers, I think, have always had very narrow frameworks for their stories, and then they can go deeply, rather than skimming the surface.

Stories without endings can do nothing but go on forever, and to be caught in one means that you must die before your part in it is played out.

I've found that writing novels is an all-absorbing experience - both physical and mental - and I have to do it every day in order to keep the rhythm, to keep myself focused on what I'm doing.

Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.

Every novel is an equal collaboration between the writer and the reader and it is the only place in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy.