Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own.

What you write chooses you.

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

Who would you be but who you are?

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.

If you are always frightened for yourself you can't act, and then life loses its purpose. You just have to tell yourself that, when you get right down to it, you don't matter all that much.

I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take you.