Quote

A lot of my world-view is formed by the places I've been.

Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.

What you believe about who you are, where you came from, affects your whole worldview.

I look at life, the experiences I've had, at the human condition, the dynamics between people, the news (world news), and draw from the compelling realities all around us.

So when I write characters and situations and relationships, I try to sort of utilize what I know about the world, limited as it is, and what I hear from my friends and see with my relatives.

I perceive and relate to the world through where I grew up; that's part of me. It's what I judge everything else against.

If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do, but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic.

I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens to me, and from things I read.

My mind has become somewhat like a book. What I mean by that is that when I look at the world, I see it as a story.

My books are based on observing others, not myself.