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My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at.

It’s just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated.

His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly’s wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred.

I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.

That’s how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises.

I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.

There’s one of my new poems actually – is a good example of where my poetry has ended up. My earlier river poetry was more like a cross between Shelley and Dylan Thomas.

The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.