I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more about that in a sequel.

I have an editor in my head, that's why I can't read Harry Potter, because Rowling is such a lousy writer.

I think explicit love scenes are a turn off unless it's the kind you read with one hand.

What was sleep? A blessing, a respite from life, an echo of death, a demanding nuisance?

... the most insoluble problems are those which by their very nature can have no space within them for dreams.

When we press the thorn to our chest we know, we understand, and still we do it.

It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice