I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English.

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English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's...

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's...

You can really do more than you think you can do.

You can really do more than you think you can do.

If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.

If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.

In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing.

In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing.

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary...

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary...

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing...

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing...

I was a precocious reader.

I was a precocious reader.

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading...

As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading...

It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization,...

It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization,...

I never learned to read music.

I never learned to read music.

I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand...

I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand...

There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

I write in American slang.

I write in American slang.

Is anything accidental?

Is anything accidental?

I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix,...

I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix,...

I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.

I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

If it's not American, the French won't go see it.

If it's not American, the French won't go see it.