We turn to literature to remedy the loss, to impose some kind of meaningful order on the nonsequential.

Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different.

Half-truths can be more pernicious than outright falsehoods.

I suppose if I had to give a one-word answer to the question of why I read, that word would be pleasure. The kind of pleasure you can get from reading is like no other in the world.

I love to photograph the gorgeous landscapes when I travel.

A good designer will actually design the company.

Unfortunately when I start to talk or when someone watches over my shoulders my pencil either stops or I draw meaningless lines.

I won't say 'never,' but I have no plans to write an eighth book.

I definitely try to mix humour into anything I do, even if it is into a drama.

I always watch rushes. They give me a sense of whether I'm going in the right direction. You work hard and hopefully get encouragement from what you see.

I've learned that it's harder to try to put on this goody two-shoes persona when that's not me.

I just like people. I'll hold a conversation at a gas station. It's not about the fame and the fortune, I just like people.

People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater.

Confidence is the public face of competence.