One of the reasons I wanted to write a memoir was because I'm tired of telling my story. [Laughs] So I can say, here, read it, this is everything tha….

I think when you write songs, you write about people... People are the source of my material. And London is a wonderful place to be for people. So, t….

Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear..

Every man is a book in which God himself writes..

I suppose most writers are following Twain's advice to tackle what they know, and my own readings habits drew me to writers who seemed to be writing ….

But there can be no grave for Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson...Shall they not always live in Baker Street? Are they not there this moment, as one ….

We exponents of horror do much better than those Method actors. We make the unbelievable believable. More often than not, they make the believable un….

I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I can't do what ….

In America, we have lost millions of decent-paying jobs. That has got to end..

You can't escape from what you are..

I'm working on a number of different things. I'm working on a couple of TV things and I'm working on a couple of film things too, and they're all ver….

I think it worked two ways. One, a lot of people writing about the movie used that as shorthand and it could either be a good thing or they could use….

I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music..

And the reason I am so nervous is that everything I do now is leading me to one of three possible futures... Which one will it be? Time alone will te….

I think fatalism and redemption are themes that help a reader organize and eventually "own" a story or character. Writing them, I just want them to b….

My relationship with my mother has always felt like the most complicated relationship of my life. I know I have a lot more writing to do on this..

Once your writing is out there, you can't control how other people perceive it. All you can do is stand in your truth..

I don't just love her, she owns me. Completely. I'd do anything for her.

Most of my books are about contemporary subjects, and the world changes so fast that I'm lucky when events haven't overtaken the book I'm writing at ….

It actually took me 20 years to want to write about my youth. I was definitely always a little intimidated about writing about that part of my life..

Tell them to send everything that can fly..