Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise.

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

Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me that the reason she had become a lawyer was because she had read 'Rage of Angels'. To me, that kind of feedback has more meaning than any sales figures.

The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life.

Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

I'm sure that whatever changed is only temporary. It will change again.

Life is a very thin thread and it only takes a second to snap it