There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these are books for adults. Actually, they're just stories, and if they're good stories, then they surpass those boundaries.

A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.

I'd love to do action-y types of films; you know, as long as they're good stories.

Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms—of life, of love, of knowledge—has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you mark my words, will be with the last human to draw breath.

Literature is the real life of imaginary people.

When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.