I have a very bad memory. I can't remember my own life very well.

On my own, I have very bad posture; I'm clunky.

The historical background is one of the easier aspects of writing a novel. Far more difficult is dreaming up the smaller, character-based scenes, scenes that rise entirely from one's own imagination.

I don't think there is such a thing as pure imagination. I think it's a combination of memory and invention.

I can only remember two books from college that moved me: E.M. Forster's 'Howards End' and F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

My life and career is my own adventure.