I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.
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Nationality: Australian Type: Novelist Born: 1970 |
I always think first about the nature of the story. When I had the idea for 'The Namesake,' I felt that it had to be a novel - it couldn't work as a story.
Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave - with both ends kicked out.

