I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom

To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.

At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book

Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there.

I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!

Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents couldn't appreciate her music - it wouldn't appear to be hard work to them. Menolly shook her hands, letting them flap from her wrists. They ached and trembled from the constricted movements and tension of an hour of intensive playing. No, her parents would never understand that playing musical instruments could be as hard work as sailing or fishing.

My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly; the rest is subject to change without notice.