I was interested in the mystical element of humor - was humor part of creation? Is God laughing at us, or with us?

I was always very curious about other people. I would always stare and my mother would say - just please close your mouth!

I would have started writing a lot earlier if I hadn't been [Arthur Miller's daughter].

Looking at paintings was a huge part of finding my way into the lush world of the 18th century.

Novels have become equally important to me as films. I consider myself a storyteller and passionately engaged in both of those disciplines.

Writing is a particular kind of frustration, which is why when I was making the structure for the novel I visualized it for myself with a color-coded board so I could see it.

Deirdre Maddon has an extraordinary, almost celestial way of telling a story. There are so many great writers now - although I also want to go back and read all of Dickens again.