I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.

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Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.

Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.

I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and...

I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and...

No one is ever ordinary.

No one is ever ordinary.

At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to...

At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to...

As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention....

As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention....

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person;...

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person;...

Pirates have always fascinated me.

Pirates have always fascinated me.

I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about...

I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about...

The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was...

The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was...

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and...

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and...

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on...

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on...

I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should...

I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should...

I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.

I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it...

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it...

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in...

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in...

I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more...

I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more...

I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.

I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.

People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads,...

People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads,...

If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But...

If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But...