I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor - which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history.

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

Coleridge wrote, "Dreams are no shadows, but the very substances and calamities of my life.

To the ancient Greeks the word, dikaiosini,justice was often synonymous with ekdikisis,vengeance.

I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I'm using for locations, and interviewing the people who live there. I've visited over 90 countries thus far.

you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.

I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.