"My dad's got a brilliant eye for scripts 'cos he's a literary agent. He and my agent read a load of scripts and filter them."

"My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car."

"Religion leaves no room for human complexity."

"Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that the greatest battles are fought within."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that the essence of humanity is our ability to connect."

"No one forces me, or any other writer, to sell a film option on the books. If you don't want to run the risk that the filmmakers may adapt your work in a way you don't like, then you don't sell the option. You know when you sell it that they will have to make some changes, just because film and TV are different media than books."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."