As Siri says, who is deeply involved with neuroscience, emotion consolidates memory, and I think that's true.

I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films.

I am very scared at the beginning of each book, because I've never written it before. I feel I have to teach myself how to do it.

When I start, I have a feeling for the characters, and maybe the shape of the story. Sometimes I might even have the last sentence in mind. But, no book I've ever written has ever ended the way I thought it would. Characters disappear, others come forward. Once you start writing, everything changes.

In the old physics, three times two equals six and two times three equals 6 are reversible propositions. Not in quantum physics. Three times two and two times three are two different matters, distinct and separate propositions.

Cities - I'm attracted to them, and I have a special attachment to New York...it's my place.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.