Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers.

As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it.

My mother and I will continue on some level that I haven't determined yet. I think my mother's a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career.

Raymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really committed it.

My mother looked after me full-time when I was young, but as soon as I started school, she got a job in an office.

There is no human-resources training for how to respond when you work for an unpredictable president. It's perhaps fitting that when you visit the website of the White House Office of Administration it says, 'Check back soon for more information.'

I've been very fortunate to work with a lot of directors who understand that actors need to feel empowered in order to really do their job.

The Indian television industry has catapulted into a huge business. Films, however, have not lost one shred of charisma or commercial lucrativity.