“Stories need stupid decisions that, at the time, seem absolutely ratio...” — Stephen Graham Jones Quote

“Stories need stupid decisions that, at the time, seem absolutely rational and necessary. Without stupid decisions, the world isn't thrown out of balance, and so there's no need for a 'rest of the story' to balance it back.”

“I see so, so many novels written by people who are obviously short story writers. What they end up doing, it's going the full distance, covering three hundred pages or so, but they do it by just writing five or six long stories, and weaving them together, making them interdependent.”

“The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy. But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we're getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.”

“I have inherited pace from my dad, and in terms of the physical side with the balance, I have inherited that from my mum.”

“Ideally, I'd like to keep a balance between action and romantic roles.”