When my mother talked about her brother, there was this light in her eyes. I thought, 'This is the basis of a novel.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Now that I think about it, maybe my own literary exploration of the dark secrets held by families could be traced back to V.C. Andrews.
When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.
Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.
The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing.
I get my light eyes from my mother.
A novel - it's also a way of attacking subjects that you cannot confront in the eye.
On a spiritual level, it's as though with my sighted eye I see what's before me, and with my unsighted eye I see what's hidden. It's illuminated life more than darkened it.
I like exploring both the light parts and the dark parts of a single person. And all of those shades tend to come out most acutely in stories about families.
When I'm writing fiction, I'm sort of interested by the fact that somehow or other I can have the feeling of actually seeing things through someone else's eyes.
I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.