I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have.

I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography.

I think better of our behaviour as individuals than I do when we see ourselves as members of a group. It's when people start forming groups that we have to watch our backs.

We were born and we die. In between, I think we try to live as best we can.