I have been blessed in many ways and one of those is to have been born in Africa for me a great treasure house of stories. I have been researching it since my infancy reading about it talking to men and women who have spent their lives in this land living it as I have and loving it as I do. I write almost entirely from my own experience.
There's nothing so aphrodisiacal for a woman as money and success.
My mother-in-law speaks not a word of English. I speak not a word of Tajiki....
I'm not a good father and they're not children any more the eldest is in his...
I hate politics. I like to write about it but to get involved in it to try...
I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldn't want to be...
I'm not a prophet I can only use historical reality to come to a view of the...
I wanted to be a great white hunter a prospector for gold or a slave...
The first novel I wrote was a monster - clocking in at 180 000 words - but it...
It evolved from my experience in the fifties growing up during the McCarthy...
I feel responsible that everyone has a really wonderful experience and to do...
Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't...
Many children are natural fantasists I think perhaps because their...
I got pregnant at 40 by surprise. It's funny because when we found out we...
At our best it's a good experience but we do 22 episodes a year so there...
I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an...
I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and...
Well you know the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over...
The most important training though is to experience life as a writer...