An image often propels the novel, gets it started. For me, it's an image that has a lot of emotion connected to it.

I often read nonfiction, and some of my ideas begin there.

The Internet is like a gold-rush; the only people making money are those who sell the pans.

An image often propels the novel, gets it started. For me, it's an image that has a lot of emotion connected to it.

Dreams aren't practical, but we can't live without them.

One day I get to that spot where I've discovered the secret to the maze, and then I've got free running the rest of the way. It's a great feeling.

So much of writing is discovery. Sometimes I feel like a rat in a maze, trying to discover the way out. My little heart is beating, and I'm racing down a path thinking, this is the route, it will get me there, as I turn this way and then that.