I know what I want to achieve in each book and the major points, but I don't plan right down to the chapters. I think that the characters write themselves in some degree.

Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'

I think my father had a certain degree of insecurity and need to achieve.

I was a shy child, and when I was 13, I started wearing braces on my teeth. I used to be acutely self-conscious, and I think writing was a way of withdrawing into my own imagination.

I think all my movies are about transitions to some degree.

To some degree, I think playing yourself has to be earned.