“'Divergent' is a story about people who don't fit into a category - th...” — Theo James Quote

“'Divergent' is a story about people who don't fit into a category - that is a big part of the message - but it's also about conformity and forcing people into these simple archetypes. At the end of the day, humans don't exist like that. We're multifaceted.”

“I was in the school plays, I did a lot of music. I carried on through university for short films and loads of plays.”

“Read more. Read every time you go to bed; read in the day - because at least, reading a book, you can't be distracted by anything else.”

“The stories are there first, and they come from my experiences wandering around in the world. They will resonate into bigger things, forces sweeping the planet, themes and archetypes, but I'm not smart enough to have lucid integration of all that in my head as I'm writing.”

“Comics deal with fundamental archetypes. We've been called the myth-makers of the modern age.”

“Simon is clearly in the tradition of romantic archetypes, your Darcys, your Heathcliffes.”