I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my heart to the extent it did.

A good novel editor is invisible.

The fairy tale journey may look like an outward trek across plains and mountains, through castles and forests, but the actual movement is inward, into the lands of the soul.

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past.

I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my heart to the extent it did.

Filmmaking can be a fine art.