I'm also a great believer in the dream life; that while we're asleep, a deep subconscious connection is made about our profoundest fears, hopes, loves, losses, dreads and desires.

I'm not much given to making shamanistic remarks about all this, but I'm a great believer in the dream life. If I can carry without spilling whatever it is that drips into my head in the night to my desk, then that's valuable.

I'm a great believer in outlines.

I'm a great believer in the direct quote in quotation marks and the hard fact.

Yes, I'm a great believer in angels.

I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.