The future has a lot to do with the past.

In the past 3-4 years I've developed a habit of keeping numerous small cassette recorders in my house and in a bag with me so that I'm able to commit to tape memory song ideas on a constant basis.

We share something in common with the fabric of the whole universe that connects us.

A voice expressing emotion in a musical way moves on. It's like the finale of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - the world turns in on itself, as a universe unto itself, in the shape of one human being.

In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else I've ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination.

The writer and the director are ultimately responsible for what is portrayed and glorified in a film. Then comes the producer.

Her imagination is rich and vibrant. I have a great love and respect for Rita.

I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.