I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.

She looked, and a scarlet butterfly flew away from her, away down the length of the tower, and then another, another, an unraveling scarf of butterflies like winged blood.

We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.

If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the intelligence of the so-called young.

The dictate of the light says: Know yourself and what you are. The dark replies, By all means, but then become afraid.

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.

Pirates have always fascinated me.