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Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.
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America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst I can remember.
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People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others.
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I think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it.
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During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.
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Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.
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We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another.
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Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage.
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Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.
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I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and the films have never been made. That's the saddest thing of all, because they're locked up and no one else can make them.
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