The fact is, for all the critics' talk about me as a realist, I'm making everything up - everything. It is all about imagining with me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little.
I don't quite operate within the realist mode. I kind of push the stories out towards the cusp of believability - that's the area of interest for me.
One thing that I don't think my critics realize about me is that I've been trained to look adversity in the face.
In all my books, I try to have a strong element of realism underlying the fantastic.
I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.
I've kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff is more realistic than that.
Reality always outstrips fiction. Whatever you make up, something more incredible always pops up in real life.
Critics can be harsh and I think it's going to take me a long time to make people see what I have inside of me and that I really put my guts into movies and that I'm not superficial and that I'm not just a pretty face.
I write from what I take to be the realist's point of view, looking at life as it really is - or the way I see it to be.
What I am is something unbearable for the world of journalism and the world of cliches. I'm a realist.