I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation.

New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications.

I, personally, have found reading a continual support to writing.

Do you think that clothes have a life of their own, and maybe have unsuitable affairs with opposite styles? I mean - you look at some people - their clothes go on flirting long after the people inside them have lost interest.

Reading is very creative - it's not just a passive thing. I write a story; it goes out into the world; somebody reads it and, by reading it, completes it.

When I was a child I had a best friend who lived across the road from me. When her mother died unexpectedly it was like losing a member of my own family. I think I am still affected by the memory of that loss.

I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation.