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There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.

The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.

I think the definition of a book is changing.

I don't think I'm the right man to adapt a book.

I don't read my books, so I don't allow myself the dangerous luxury of toying with the idea of doing things differently.

Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.

I guess there is also an element of deliberate change involved. Each of my books has been, at least from my point of view, radically different from the last.

Ever read a book that changed your life? Me neither.

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want.

I think we sometimes forget that we have so many other places to create change. My dad taught me this, but the political is one spot to make change. But so is writing a book.