I Often Have A Theme In Mind

I Choose To Write Characters From The Inside Because I Feel Like That's The Way I'm Gonna Get The Most Honest Version Of Them.

The Passionate Ones, The Ones Who Go After What They Want, May Not Get What They Want, But They Remain Vital, In Touch With Themselves, And When They Lie On Their Deathbeds, They Have Few Regrets.

I Know That As A Very Young Child, I Was Afraid Of Death. Many Children Become Aware Of The Notion Of Death Early And It Can Be A Very Troubling Thing. We're All In This Continuum: I'm This Age Now, And If I Live Long Enough I'll Be That Age. I Was 20 Once, I Was 10, I Was 4. People Who Are 20 Now Will Be 50 One Day. They Don't Know That! They Know It In The Abstract, But They Don't Know It. I'd Like Them To Know It, Because I Think It Gives You Compassion.

Say Who You Are, Really Say It In Your Life And In Your Work. Tell Someone Out There Who Is Lost, Someone Not Yet Born, Someone Who Won’t Be Born For 500 Years. Your Writing Will Be A Record Of Your Time. It Can’t Help But Be That. But More Importantly, If You’re Honest About Who You Are, You’ll Help That Person Be Less Lonely In Their World Because That Person Will Recognise Him Or Herself In You And That Will Give Them Hope.

So When I Write Characters And Situations And Relationships, I Try To Sort Of Utilize What I Know About The World, Limited As It Is, And What I Hear From My Friends And See With My Relatives.