I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc.

History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.

I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or "convulsive" beauty - beauty in the service of liberty.

I have always tended toward a lush prose style, but I take care to modulate it from story to story and to strip it down entirely when necessary.

So many differing opinions and philosophies... are rarely housed under the roof of a single magazine.

Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect.