You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.

I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories.

I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not aware of it passing.

It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln.

I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.

I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did.

I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship.