I had never read in public, never given an interview. I was doing it all and trying to produce the next book and raise three young kids and had another child on the way.

Art is like therapy; what comes up is what comes up. It may be dark, but that's what comes up. You may want to keep some of it in a drawer but never judge it.

I like it that my career has all the predictability and continuity of a children's nonsense rhyme.

An idea or an insight doesn't come from a single happening, it requires a meeting to alter a perspective. Often it takes a while for the events to collide, but when they do it is inevitable that a change will follow.

I was frightened to go forward, but I was even more frightened of going back.

You cannot separate art from life or spirituality. They are bound together in a single unit.

I do what I want to do. I see where my enthusiasm is. Over the years, my techniques expanded. That's how the writing came out.