We're Prisioners Of... Things.of Who We Are.

The Only Pressure I Feel Is To Write Good Books. And To Not Replicate The Previous Book. Whether You Have A Thousand Readers Or A Million Readers It Doesn't Change The Pressure. I Never Feel Tempted To Give The Reader What I Think The Reader Wants.

You Get Spoiled As A Novelist Because You Get To Be The Director And The Editor, And You Play All The Parts, But As A Screenwriter, You Are A Bit Down The Ladder.

Let Me Say Here And Now That Faith Has Never Done Me Any Good, Only Doubt. So That Is What Has Become My Testament.

I'm Afraid I Didn't Really Like Caracas In Venezuela. From What I Saw It Seemed So Crime-ridden That You Really Have To Be On Your Guard All The Time.

I Write Something That I Believe I've Made Up, And It's Only When A Friend Later Points It Out To Me That I Realise I've Been Writing About Myself Again.