Women are not stupid, but they were not clever enough to realise that feminism did not bring freedom, but the opposite. That's why I'm glad feminism is dead.

I think it's more difficult to live without a religion, definitely.

When a country is strong... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.

I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.

I'm not married, nor do I want to be. I'm the loving kind but not the marrying kind, though I am romantic.

My wife may be the role model for our daughter in some ways, but I think I represent what she'll put up with. You know, I think one day she'll say, 'OK my dad behaved this way, so if whoever I happen to fall in love with behaves this way it's got to be OK because I love my dad.'

My dad grew up with an avocado tree in his backyard. My entire family, my wife and daughters, they love avocado. I may well be allergic. It makes me physically sick.

As it is, I have a limited range as an actor - light comedy. I have never been a fan of romantic comedies, and yet that is what I have ended up mostly doing.