I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and I try and put them into my books.

I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.

I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less glorious than crashing an airliner into a skyscraper.

When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those feelings into books.

I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel the need to do anything about it.

I think my films are always political, even if I don't put explicitly political things in them.