I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

I look for material that both interest me and challenges me. If I am drawn to the material and I have to work hard at it, the characters and the plots reflect the hours and hours of research.

But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.

But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.

All you have to do [to win a Pulitzer Prize] is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write about every horrible thing you see. The civilized world reads about it, then forgets it, but pats you on the head for doing it and gives you a reward as appreciation for changing nothing.