Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.
Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains.
[On The Philippines:] ... eighty dialects and languages are spoken; we are a fragmented nation of loyal believers, divided by blood feuds and controlled by the Church.
Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer.
Adaptability is the simple secret of survival.
I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range of voices that are being heard and published is a lot more diverse than when I was coming up.