As Much As The Next Person, I

When I'm Really Into A Novel, I'm Seeing The World Differently During That Time— Not Just For The Hour Or So In The Day When I Get To Read. I'm Actually Walking Around In A Haze, Spellbound By The Book And Looking At Everything Through A Different Prism.

It's A Very Dangerous State. You Are Inclined To Recklessness And Kind Of Tune Out The Rest Of Your Life And Everything That's Been Important To You. It's Actually Not All That Pleasurable. I Don't Know Who The Hell Wants To Get In A Situation Where You Can't Bear An Hour Without Somebody's Company.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Have Just Given Me A Time Out From My 20-year Midlife Crisis. My Heartfelt Thanks To Them.

One Of My Grandfathers, Actually, Having Gone Out There As A Minister, Decided He Would Better Serve The People As A Doctor. So At A Very Late Age - At The Age Of 38 In Fact - He Changed Course And Decided To Become A Doctor.

I Think Everyone Is Throwing Happy Stuff At You, And That's When You Come Over All Humbug. It's Happy Stuff In Your Face, Happy Stuff Is Being Sold To You.