I think what gets you through a small writing project, is just one burst of inspiration. A book, especially a longer book, it's a different kind of force that pushes you through it. It's a vision of the whole thing.

I re-read a lot of books that I like a lot. There are some books that I try to reread every couple of years. A good book changes for you every few years because you are in a different place in your own life.

Some make light of decisions, arguing that all possible decisions will occur. In such a world, how could one be responsible for his actions? Others hold that each decision must be considered and committed to, that without commitment there is chaos. Such people are content to live in contradictory worlds, so long as they know the reason for each.

-But rational thoughts lead only to rational thoughts, whereas irrational thoughts lead to new experiences.

I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion.

Writers are a loosely knit community - community is an overstated word. Writers don't see each other very much.

Imagine a world in which there is no time. Only images.