Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims

Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them.

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 have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens

I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage

A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.

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.