Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly the idea came first.

I despise this weakness in myself - this endless one-sided conversation that takes the place of action.

I don't think I could write about someone I didn't feel some sympathy for.

I definitely do feel a pull toward people and places that are far from my own life.

I suppose the short chapters and differing narrative points of view are quite "cinematic" devices, which came very naturally to me.

Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly the idea came first.

I don't use real people for inspiration.