"I don't like to be called a 'provocateur.' I just write what I think."

"I think that literature is a way of understanding the world, and understanding ourselves."

"A good book is a good book is a good book. And if it's a bit of a page-turner, so much the better."

"The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public."

"I'm interested in the idea of what happens when you cross boundaries, when you break rules."