If all we are is what people think we are, then we're all screwed.

A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.

I never trust frank and simple people whose stories hold together.

Sincere doubts, handled properly, can become a gift.

We never surrendered. We always kept in our hearts the most noble, beautiful feeling that sets human beings apart: hope.

The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail.

The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.

Don't go taking that gospel stuff seriously. It's nice to clean you out now and then, but it ain't for real. It's like bad whiskey. Run through you fast and leave you with pain.

Revision plays a very large role in writing. Sometimes it seems to be all revision. And the longer I write, the more I revise-until it is completely right.

And usually the studios they don't want you to have credit for your movies because they want to take credit for the movies because if you get credit for your movies they've got to pay you more.

Most importantly, it´s in giving thanks.