People Move Around So Much

Any Parent Knows How To Be The Ideal Parent.

I Was Not Exploiting Any Real Individual's Story In Writing Room, Of Course I Was Aware That My Novel, By Commenting On Such Situations, Would Run The Risk Of Falling Into Those Traps Of Voyeurism, Sensationalism And Sentimentality.

Before I Had Kids, I Thought You Should Never Lie To A Kid. But Now I've Had Them, I Realize You Almost Lie To Them By Definition, Because If You're Trying To Summarize Something For Your 1-year-old, You Put It In Very Simple Terms. You Only Gradually Complicate The Explanation As They Get Older.

If I Was Made Of Cake I'd Eat Myself Before Somebody Else Could.

With My First Book, I Was Hired To Write A Draft Of The Script. I Was So Young And Less Confident. They Put Me Through Seven Or Eight Drafts And It Was Just Getting Worse And Worse, And Then The Film Was Never Made.