Tell me a story, Pew. What kind of story, child? A story with a happy ending. There’s no such thing in all the world. As a happy ending? As an ending..

The flute is a weird instrument, especially when played solo..

I get very antsy when I'm not occupied..

I tend to stay away from the comics..

Dreams are stories made by and for the dreamer, and each dreamer has his own folds to open and knots to untie..

The research period of a film is the most exciting part of the process, and filming is sometimes a letdown because when you're dealing with biopic ma….

I have no wisdom and nothing useful to tell you - I only mentioned this because it came into my head..

I'm really not that confident!.

I'll take a [Pavel] Chekhov comparison any day! He's of course one of the great masters at the short story form, and has helped define traditional co….

While my stories are experimental, they're also very traditional. I love the works of the great Russian writers like [Pavel] Chekhov and [Lev] Tolsto….

No. One. Comes. Before You..

Raising a child is very much like building a skyscraper. If the first few stories are slightly out of line. no one will notice. But when the building….

My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story..

When you can't see yourself objectively, you won't see anyone else objectively, either..

You are much happier when you are happy than when you ain't..

That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and an inventor of stories, and then….

Dilettantism is the sort of thing one must avoid..

You get used to seeing certain things, and if you don't find a new way to talk about it, then frankly at some point you need to get out of the way..

But I didn't know about the other story." "What other story?” "About how you and Adrian Ivashkov are—" "No, whatever you heard it’s not true." "But i….

If I see anything remotely like a telcom-run faster internet that you have to pay more to get preferential traffic on, I'm out folks. I've seen this ….

Dead. Never been that before. Not even once..