People don't actually think there is such a thing out there as angel research.

Even the good angels, I think, would inspire in humans some sort of fear.

I always knew I wanted to write really imaginative fiction - fiction that was very different from my real life.

That's l'amour: we willingly walk into the future blindfolded.

I understood that the stories we believe have power over us. They work into our bodies and minds and change us from inside out. What if one day these stories become something stronger, more real, than fairy tales?

As a girl, I used to zip myself into a snowsuit, fall into the deepest snowdrift I could find and sweep my arms and legs into the powder, making snow angels that would crumble within minutes of their genesis. Despite their rapid disappearance, something about these frozen, evanescent angels has stayed with me ever since.

Writing grew out of the pleasure of escape. My novels are very much outside of my personal experience. That is why I love writing fiction. It allows me to leave my existence and inhabit other lives.