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I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.

I enjoy classics, but classics are classics for a reason. I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard.

The older I've got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry.

By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles now past, and which I no longer feel.

I don't reinvent myself in any major way. It seems to be a slow evolution. I go back and visit certain themes that I feel strongly about and resonate with me emotionally.

Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.

Classics are constantly being re-imagined and transformed, and the originals are none the worse for it; they endure.

I'm constantly being inspired by the old days and taking things from the past and allowing them to lift me up where I am now.

I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept.

I often reread books I have written.