so on the edge

allow yourself that space

"To allow yourself that space is, I think, the nub of creativity.  It's also scary and risky, because you're building a house with no real blueprint, driving without a map, never quite sure where the hell you're going."

world building that occurs on the canvas

You just take it

"When I wrote it, it was all just there for me. You just take it. Everything just fits together like it existed before."

I never write to a plan

"I don't know quite how the story will unfold.  I never write to a plan—but somehow, I know that I've 'seen' the entire book flash across my mind's eye like a speeded-up movie.  My process is to slow it all down, to start at Chapter 1 and write down what I see, scene by scene."

be still and listen

"The discipline of the writer is to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him."