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Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places.

Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space.

I now find magic in the mundane. I'm also more creative - better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.

The more things remain obscure and mysterious, the more they interest me. I even try to find mystery in things that have none.

Perhaps, more importantly, I think that most human beings realise only a fraction of the true potential of their minds, so the spiritual or mystical, the things which remain mysterious or unexplained have always drawn me to include them in any scheme for a novel.

Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.

Magic symbolises the subconscious - that part of us that is creative and powerful that we sometimes don't tap into.

We often forget that everything we see, animate or inanimate, is a visual manifestation of the work of our invisible God. We have become so accustomed to trees, mountains, sky, air, water, flowers, animals, vegetables and people that we no longer see them for what they are - God's work.