You priests. You're all the same. You think fasting helps you think about God, when anyone who can cook would tell you that fasting just makes you think about food.

Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul.

It isn't just a village. The houses aren't just places to live. Everything belongs to everybody. Everyone belongs to everyone else. Even a single person can make a difference.

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

The right circumstances sometimes happen of their own accord, slyly, without fanfare, without warning. Layman's alchemy. . . . The magic of everyday things.

Garden work clears the mind.

Divination is a means of telling ourselves what we already know.