Think only on the climb. Think on what you control

It's a funny thing about names, how they become a part of someone.

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

I see all of them. All the colors.

Once she read a book but found it distasteful because it contained adjectives.

He was free to enjoy the breathless glee that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air, the total silence, the feeling of balance and excitement and peace.

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.