I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from the angels and the saints. I work them in always, in some way.
I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.
I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek.
I do want to go another way - to write something completely different.
I enjoy the Web site a lot and I like being able to talk to my readers. I've always had a very close relationship with them.
I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt that I wasn't a member of any particular group.
I gave up on the big screen. The Witching Hour was at Warner Bros. for 10 years and it just didn't work out.
I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions.
I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the beautiful days. I have a beautiful house here.
I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.
I wish we had more visible Christian and Catholic leaders who talked about love.
I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?
I read The Old Curiosity Shop before I began Blackwood Farm. I was amazed at the utter madness in that book.
I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people. In the beginning he was just dismissed out of hand, which was terrible.
I'm going to keep on dealing with the supernatural in a lot of ways.