Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.

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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...

Pirates have always fascinated me.

Pirates have always fascinated me.

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 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 love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at...

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

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,...

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...

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;...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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....

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.

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...

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.

I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those...

I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those...

When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.

When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.

No one is ever ordinary.

No one is ever ordinary.