I'm not over-reacting, but I do think people have to be a bit cautious when they say all kind of activities associated with witchcraft are harmless.

I can cite a few cases of where people have tampered around with magic and witchcraft that they've been very severely frightened and traumatised by some of the outcomes. I mean we are playing with fire, and I had to say that.

I'm gullible. I think people mean what they say.

When I started writing it was kind of hard getting people to do my stuff. They' say they couldn't do my style.

People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.

People think children's books are about teddy bears and little flowers. I realize people sometimes don't know what to do with my books because they say, 'Is it a children's book, and what age group?'