I'm a woman, but I've been a sexist, too.

Basically if you burst into my office the walls themselves will flutter as if alive - maybe that's the reason for all the wings in 'Pure.

I prefer a cluttered workspace.

I try not to divide plot and character. I get to know a character by what they want and fear and how those internal forces play out in their lives.

People know the difference between good and evil in their hearts-if they search them. Religions twist good and evil. Their differences are the kind that need to be taught because they aren't natural.

My work is to know the characters intimately and to tell their story.

If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.