Calling it lunacy makes it easier to explain away the things we don't understand.

Sometimes a story grabs hold of you and won't let go.

I love what I call "re-imagining," where I throw everything up in the air and let it fall in a different way. It's not the most efficient way to write a book, but it's how I find the story.

I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ].

Sight is one of the most easily deceived senses. I could make a coin disappear and your eyes would believe it gone, even if it were merely up my sleeve.

The material world is simply an expression of the mind; that's what so many fail to see. We're so dependent on what is before us that we discount our intuition. Yet if one dismisses instinct, how can one understand or believe in a world that exists beyond one's sight?

I simply couldn't walk away from [ The Nightingale].