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

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure?

Im a devotee of Dracula, which was a pathfinder in horror and vampire fiction.

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

Im writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and Im very greedy, and I really enjoy it!

It gets cold in the desert at night, particularly up in the mountains; the stars hammer on the rock and strike frost.

We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do.