Set your fantasies in the here and now and then, if challenged, claim to be writing Magical Realism.

She had the feeling that the door was looking at her, which she knew was silly, and knew on a deeper level was somehow true.

It's easier to believe in aliens than in gods.

A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science fiction that imbued you with a sense of wonder, and mainstream journalism that gave you clear and concise information in a way that you wanted it.

It's a given that we exist in a world where we have to live in continuity every day; no one is immune to that, in life or romance novels. By the same token, it's not something I find terribly important.

Nobody gets through life without losing a few things on the way.

You have to finish things - that's what you learn from, you learn by finishing things.