But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics.

It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters.

You know, sex is actually not so original as the way people love or the stories behind each relationship, which is what you remember. Sex is sex in the end.

Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.

I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously.