I do think a lot about the past.

I'm a history person, and I love the groundedness of that, of being able to go, "Yes! People acted like that."

I think the past is something I have spent a lot of time thinking about, not only what is different about the past but what's the same, and what links us to the past.

We're naturally afraid of a spider - these are memories that are being chemically passed down through your DNA.

I am very into genealogy and heritage, and that's how I started writing.

Your truth really can't be twisted. It is what it is. That doesn't mean that a person can't develop and change and reinterpret their life.

I do think a lot about the past.