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It wasn't Ginger's Island, it was Gilligan's Island.

I felt alone out there, like I was on a desert island. I felt like Gilligan.

First you wonder if they're separate stories, but no, they're not, they're contingent stories and they form a pattern. And you begin with some of the island as the place to which the heroine of the book returns.

If you study both 'Gilligan' and 'Brady,' you will see they are based on a similar philosophy: that it's possible for different kinds of people to learn to live together, either in a family or stuck on an island with no escape.

I like islands.

The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel.

I don't like it to be compared to 'Survivor.' The idea of 'Survivor' is to kill each other off to win the prize. There's no killing in Gilligan's Island.

I mean, I didn't ever watch 'Gilligan's Island' and think, 'Those people are actors.' I lived in West Virginia. Hollywood just felt like this total other universe.

I think, probably, the place that I feel I most belong is a movie set.

My favorite place to vacation is anyplace by the ocean.