When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.

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

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

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does?

I began to feel lighthearted. Don't ever do that; it tempts some dark and evil force abroad in the universe.

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

No one more cynical than an idealist.