Occupation: Novelist Birth: September 25, 1970
I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up ….
This wasn't the way I had imagined my adventures, but reality ignored my wishes from the get-go, giving me a body best suited for stacking books in t….
the lonliest sound in the world is other people making love..
I like having my own story remain my story..
There are a few moments in your life when you are truly and completely happy, and you remember to give thanks. Even as it happens you are nostalgic f….
Once you realise that heroes die, everything becomes that much more terrifying..
I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I love writing dialogue..
Hollywood screenwriters tend to have the longevity of NFL running backs. So the truth is no one can put more pressure on us than we put on ourselves..
I was like a well trained pianist who knows which note to hit, but can't make the music his own..
Talent must be a fanatical mistress. She's beautiful; when you're with her, people watch you, they notice. But she bangs on your door at odd hours, a….
I have never been much of a patriot. My father would not have allowed such a thing while he lived, and his death insured that his wish was carried ou….
The secret to winning a woman is calculated neglect..
I was cursed with the pessimism of both the Russians and the Jews two of the gloomiest tribes in the world. Still if there wasn't greatness in me ma….
Every adaptation requires that the screenwriter make difficult choices - and in particular, difficult cuts..
I've never flown a kite..
A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter..
The eternal challenge for screenwriter adapters is figuring out how to make something work on screen, when so much of what made it work in the book w….
Contrary to popular belief, the experience of terror does not make you braver. Perhaps though, it is easier to hide your fear when you're afraid all ….
Truth might be stranger than fiction, but it needs a better editor..
You're a writer. Make it up..
This is good, life must continue, we are fighting barbarians, but we must remain human..