The idea of being a novelist is really romantic, but it's kind of the same as being president of the United States - it's not gonna happen.

Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.

Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the 'Lord of the Rings' series. And once I'd read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages.

I suppose I have an active imagination, and writing allows me to live it out.