It is hard for me to speak of themes. I like the reader to do that. Otherwise it feels like writing a 3rd grade essay on someone else's work.

We rise to a challenge and set a course. We take a decision. You put your mind to something. Just deciding to do it gets you halfway there. Daring to try.

The ocean is a supreme metaphor for change. I expect the unexpected but am never fully prepared.

Humour's the pay-off for all that existential horror.

When I was a girl I had this strong feeling that I didn't belong anywhere,... It was in my head, what I thought and dreamt, what I believed..., that's where I belonged, that was my country.

The desert is a spiritual place, we vaguely understand, and the sea the mere playground of our hedonism.

The health of our seas determines the future of humanity.