A rose by any other name Would get the blame For being what it is-- The colour of a kiss, The shadow of a flame. A rose may earn another name, So call it love; So call it love I will, And love is like the sea, Which changes constantly, And yet is still The same.

I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps.

The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.

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

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

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.

Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.