The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.

That's why they call you Seer. You see more than most.

People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons.

So many of my books, I don't want to say they have messages, but they have important things to say.

I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.

I would say that most of my books are contemporary realistic fiction... a couple, maybe three, fall into the 'historic fiction' category. Science fiction is not a favorite genre of mine, though I have greatly enjoyed some of the work of Ursula LeGuin. I haven't read much science fiction so I don't know other sci-fi authors.

Genius disregards the boundaries of propriety. Genius is permitted to shout if shouting is productive.