You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm.

My own memories are packed tightly away. I very rarely bring them out for viewing.

The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city.

You really can expand the boundaries of your life and do risky things and prove yourself by doing them.

Life's the adventure. You don't have to drop your bundle and go bush. It's about being brave within the context that you're in.

Much of the time I'm an introvert, by choice spending a lot of time on my own. I suppose liking my solitude is part of a writer's sensibility.