I could always imagine more interesting places to be than where I was. And more interesting people than me being there. Eventually, this led to making up stories and writing things down.
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When I write, I imagine places more than people.
I do as much bookish research as I can but when I sit down to write, often I think, 'Wait, I was there.' That is one of the great advantages of having wandered around the world and lived in so many places and met such fascinating people.
Growing up, I saw the world as an inspiring place full of interesting people.
You know, the interesting thing about having traveled around the country as much as I have, and I think it's sort of inadvertently what made me come out or at least begin doing things within the community and thinking more about that, was that I get to travel quite a bit.
A place makes a deep impression on you when you're young. It lives with you. It's like your childhood. It fertilises the imagination.
That's why I love being a writer. My imagination can take me places I may never see except in my mind's eye.
The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known.
I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.
When I was growing up in Terrell, Texas, I felt that it was not where I was supposed to be. I knew that I was meant for a different destination. I think that the minute I was born, there was something inside telling me where I would go, it's like energy - an intangible destiny.
My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books.
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