Patterns drawn in ultraviolet might make those ordinary little petals into the exotic peacocks of the botanical world, and yet we cannot appreciate them.
I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series.
My biggest critics have never read me.
I woke up last night and thought: 'I must call somebody in my next novel Casablanca. ' It's such a great name. I don't want to call anybody Fred or Jane or Susan, so when three people get into bed together, you don't know who they are.
I'm a storyteller; I write what I want to read.
Men are cheaters. Women are not to be trusted. And most people are dumb.
I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
I don't work on longevity, I work on keeping people healthy.
It is necessary to be occupied almost all the time, to have your mind focused; otherwise, you get very spaced out. There are many variant psychic forces and powers that roam through the worlds. You can pick them up.
Art has a unique capacity to take one or other facet of the message and translate it into colors, shapes and sounds which nourish the intuition of those who look and listen.