You reach deep down and bring up what feels absolutely authentic to you as you move along with the book, but you don't know everything about it. You can't.

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I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on.

I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on.

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK....

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK....

I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people....

I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people....

There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it...

There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it...

Obviously, a writer can't know everything about what she writes. It's impossible.

Obviously, a writer can't know everything about what she writes. It's impossible.

I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the...

I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the...

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest...

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest...

I'm usually working on my own mythology, my own realm of created characters. Stories in...

I'm usually working on my own mythology, my own realm of created characters. Stories in...

I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from...

I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from...

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him...

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him...

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the...

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the...

So why must it wound him that the most despairing music is full of beauty?...

So why must it wound him that the most despairing music is full of beauty?...

Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written....

Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written....

The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain.

The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain.

I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist...

I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist...

We're frightened of what makes us different.

We're frightened of what makes us different.

The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.

The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.

I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor...

I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor...