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Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.

I'm much more interested in allowing a story to happen, and people find whatever meaning is in there.

Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale.

There's a problem with narratives. Most that spring to mind are fictional.

I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality.

It's sort of a mystery where ideas come from.

I always take a story that's kind of out there, like an urban myth. I take some possibility that people imagine, that they are familiar with, and try to turn it into a story.

It's a cliche, and in a way it's a conservative idea about fiction, but I did learn the hard way that plot does need to dictate the story.

I think that people are fascinated with the stories, with human nature and the dark turns it can take.

His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction.