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I am happy that I'm a better novelist than a screenwriter.

There are scenes from books I'm happy with. I tend to think my books are all broken. But then my favourite reads are almost always books that don't, in the end, pull off what they set out to do.

I love books where you feel you're having a romance with the writer.

All the uncontrollable and unpredictable parts of my life - from the actual creation to my emotional responses to the finished book - I've succeeded in banishing to the office. And I think I'm happier for it.

Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier.

I love all of my books. They were labors of love; I was striving to create something well done, and I do feel I succeeded.

I'm beyond thrilled to be working with Faber, whose literary history is second to none. And I'm even more excited to bring my books to a wider audience in the U.K.

Just as good books give me the joys of being alive, bad novels depress me, and as I notice this sentiment coming from the pages, I stop. I also do not hesitate to walk out of a movie house if the film is bad.