David Copperfield

I need a form of escape even when I'm working really hard.

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

It's okay for me to be gay, but God didn't make me that way.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.