Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint.

So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be acceptable even. But I don't say that I consciously wrote with humour. Humour is a part of you that comes out.

Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint.

I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's part of the territory.

I would like to do a novel where some curse turns that into how the world really is - a blessing or a curse, I don't know which.

Action isn’t my forte. I’m an expert on contemplation and mild regret.

It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't written about Oregon yet, although I've been there 20 years - possibly I'm almost due.