“If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has. ”
“When you act on your beliefs, the realisation that happens is caused by you and this will in turn lead to a consequence.”
“Good ideas stay with you until you eventually write the story.”
“Writing is an act of discovery in which you peel back the layers of the story as you write it down.”
“Perhaps writing a story or a novel was not something that should be done for money, or to win praise, but for the sheer sensual pleasure of it. I liked that idea. It made me want to write lots of stories, to give myself that pleasure.”
“Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character.”