I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.

I let it go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home.

If you want to know what's important to a culture, learn their language.

I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams.

Library-denigrators, pay heed:suggesting that the Internet is a viable substitute for libraries is like saying porn could replace your wife.

Change isn't always comfortable, but it is a fact of life.

I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.