I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.

No matter how grave the secret, how imperative absolute silence, someone would always feel the urge to confess, and an unleashed secret is a terrible force.

We're all entitled to our superstitions.

When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.

death should be celebrated...when you put something in the ground you always know where it is

The dead are celebrated. The dead are loved. They give something to the living. Once you put something into the ground, Doctor, you always know where to find it.

I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.