I thought, if I write a book that is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, it's not going to mean that I will not get any criticism. I might as well write the book that I want to write.

It is not a camera, or a reporter that makes something real and genuine; more often a camera or a reporter does the opposite.

I just write the books that I think I would want to read.

I don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours. For me, it takes a while to settle into a mode where I'm truly concentrating

There's a lot that's not explained about the universe. And psychic-ness is not stranger than that.

There are a lot of things in the world that are a lot weirder than psychic abilities, that we accept as true.

Ordinarily, of course, I thought it best to remain inconspicuous, but the gesture had a certain irresistable theatricaility, and an inevitablility. Sometimes you can feel the pull of what other people want from you, and you sacrifice yourself, you risk seeming odd or sunsavory, to keep them entertained.