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An actual saga demands change, both in its characters and its world.

If I didn't see its place in the Saga when I planned it, I probably wouldn't write it at all.

You don't just have a story - you're a story in the making, and you never know what the next chapter's going to be. That's what makes it exciting.

The whole thing of doing a TV series, I find it very daunting not knowing where the story's going.

I always struggle with making the technical aspects of the plot fit with the story that's unfolding in my imagination.

My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.

I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.

When you get right down to it, there's something uniquely satisfying in being gripped by a great plot, in begrudging whatever real-world obligations might prevent you from finding out what happens next.

The unfolding of a story is both as exciting and as difficult for each and every novel I've written, regardless of time and place.

When you start a novel, it is always like pushing a boulder uphill. Then, after a while, to mangle the metaphor, the boulder fills with helium and becomes a balloon that carries you the rest of the way to the top. You just have to hold your nerve and trust to narrative.