I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?

I like emotions, but I really don't like sentimentality, and I don't like when things break their spell.

I think what I've recognized over the years is that I'm very, very bingey, extremely bingey when it comes to writing.

I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application.

I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?

I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching.

You have to know human behaviour … And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You’ll never write above what you know about people.