What Better Portrait Of A Writer Than

Some Things Get Written More Quickly Than Others, But I Can't Really Measure Degrees Of Difficulty.

I Think That's What Turns Young Men And Women Into Writers - The Happiness You Discover Living In Books.

People Who Don't Like My Work Say That The Connections Seem Too Arbitrary. But That's How Life Is.

Having Made Films, I Know Very Well That The Scope Of The Average 90- To 120-minute Movie Is About The Same Narrative Heft As A Long Short Story Or A Novella.

When I Write, The Story Is Always Uppermost In My Mind, And I Feel That Everything Must Be Sacrificed To It. All Elegant Passages, All The Curious Details, All The So-called Beautiful Writing - If They Are Not Truly Relevant To What I Am Trying To Say, Then They Have To Go.