I'm thinking my next book should be set on a tropical island, which will obviously require days, even weeks of meticulous research, but I'm prepared to make that sacrifice. That's just the sort of dedicated writer I am.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.
Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.
I really do love 'Panama.' But I'd also have to admit that right now, if I were driven to write another novel like that, I wouldn't even try to find a publisher for it. It simply wouldn't be published. I'd be writing it to put in my closet upstairs.
Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.
With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult if I'm not sure where the story is going.
Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again.
Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.
The characters that populate my books are global nomads in their own right, keeping multiple homes around the world and constantly jet-setting to new places.
I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.
I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun.