If you happen to hold that human consciousness is no more than the epiphenomenon, or secretion, of our individual brains then you are more or less trapped in your own skull. But if consciousness is open, if it can partake in a more global form of being, if it can merge with the natural world and with other beings, then, indeed, it may be possible to drop, for a time, the constraints of one's personal worldview and see reality through the eyes of others.

Empathy was written from many male and female points of view because each character reacts differently to the emotional fallout from one binding circumstance

Three kinds of people get talked about: The fascinating, the freaks and the nefarious.

Some writers are born. Others learn. I was born a writer but have a lot to learn.

Reading an author's Biography contributes to an understanding and enjoyment of their work, and gives a richness to the reading experience.

A thousand pounds for clothes--when on thinks how long poor people could live on it! When one thinks how long we could live on it, for that matter!