I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.

People are always the start for meanimals. When I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings,immortals, the deadthese are all people to me.

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

He sat by her, watching every gesture she made, as if he would paint her portrait afterward.

No one is ever ordinary.

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

Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.