The most obvious difference between writing novels and memoirs is that my memoirs are true stories, and explore certain experiences I've lived, and thus operate within the boundaries of memory and fact.

Reckless action is worse than wise restraint.

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

These moments were wondrous and divine, instances when the gossamer curtain between heaven and earth ripped and all of humanity witnessed the marvel of the ethereal beings.

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?

Finding one's voice - or creating a narrative voice that has the power to carry your story - is the hardest part.

Stories of a mythical angel paradise called an Angelopolis are like Peter Pan's Never Never Land.