Inspiration comes from everything from the entire world, and its hard to pinpoint one thing. I can trace one inspiration to the writing of 13th-century Zen master Dogen Zenji, who writes beautifully about time.

But in the time it takes to say now, now is already over. It's already then.

She smiled. “Life is full of stories. Or maybe life is only stories. Good night, my dear Nao.

My mind is like a gyre and odd juxtapositions happen.

There are many answers, none of them right, but some of them most definitely wrong.

language is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.