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" I really admire Nick Hornby - for example, the way that he can make ordinary stuff so beautiful! "

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" You can say anything to David Icke and he will accept it and put it into his ideology. "

" Discover the time of day when you write best, and write then. For me it's about 7 am to noon. For other people it's overnight. Try not to do anything other than write between those times. "

" I'm much more interested in looking at our own failings than going to some faraway place and looking at their failings, thus making us feel good about ourselves. "

" Film isn't a meritocracy; there's no system ensuring the best screenplays get produced. It's a hustle. "

" Trying to solve the mystery is what I enjoy most about writing. "

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" Of course there are people who would like to eat breakfast without the screams of toddlers all around them, but those people should get over themselves and stop being stuck up and idiotic. "

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" The great thing about social media was how it gave a voice to voiceless people. "

" Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it takes me. I had to go to the Bohemian Grove. It was the obvious end to the book. "

" The phrase 'misuse of privilege' is becoming a free pass to tear apart pretty much anybody we choose to. It's becoming a devalued term, and it's making us lose our capacity for empathy and for distinguishing between serious and unserious transgressions. "

" In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble. "

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" Shaming is powerful and useful. I'm living in New York, and my instinct is that, after the Black Lives Matter protests, which were organized on social media, the chance of there being another Eric Garner, choked to death in New York by an NYPD officer, has diminished. "

" My entry into screenwriting was not smooth. "

" Yeah, but in the end his followers take what they want from his philosophy. Maybe it doesn't matter what's going on in David Icke's mind. It's how other people take him. "

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" No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in Britain don't really understand what's going on here. They don't understand why Camp X-ray exists. "

" Everyone's constantly scrambling around trying to justify their own cruel behavior, trying to come up with psychological tricks to make themselves not feel bad. "

" Obviously, I like to write stories that are page-turners. But I always try my very, very hardest to be as factually true as possible. "

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" Success is always less funny than failure. "