I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.

I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

Your reality, isn’t restricted by this cell we live in. If you read something, if you study something, you transcend any cell you’re inside of

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.

My dad would throw me in the picture if they needed an extra. From an early age, I understood the concept that, if you're not the star, then your job is to not pull attention away from the star.

I'm interested in art for all. I don't want it to be only the sons and daughters of Tory MPs who get to see my plays.

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

You can hardly say boo to a goose in the House of Commons now without cries of "Ungentlemanly," "Not fair" and all the rest.

Follow your heart and chase your dreams until you catch them. Negative people who say you cant do something are only speaking for themselves

To say that we're doomed is just an obvious remark.

The natural tendency of government, once in charge of money, is to inflate and to destroy the value of the currency.

My father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen to with me. He couldn't travel as he did it because of his profession as a diplomatic career.

The person who's had the biggest impact on my career is Rick Celebrini, the physiotherapist.

We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.