When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth.

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

Whatever one intends, the work takes on a life of its own.

You put a character out there and you're in their power. You're in trouble if they're in yours.

When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth.

Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.

I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair.