I think of the part of me that writes as the most private self. It's the part that's engaged the least with the rest of the world's needs.

I think Zippy is part of me, but I'm not Zippy.

I've been interested in the idea of forgiveness and the necessity of it. I think of it as the most critical piece of any relationship, whether that be business, or romantic, or familial. We fail each other. We make mistakes. If we contract to go on after those mistakes, forgiveness is involved. Forgiveness is required.

I don't think of literary novels as self-help documents, although literature undoubtedly saved my life when I was young, enabling me to disappear into all manner of stories, to recognise feelings that I felt alone in.

The part that I think is one of the most interesting is of course the one that Hayden Christensen plays.

I think most people act in their self-interest.