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"I would like people to come into my Dreamworld and then choose to stay."
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"As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates."
"I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately."
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"I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new things there."
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