"I love the idea of creating a world that people can escape into, even if it's just for a couple of hours."
You can't build an empire without making a few enemies along the way.
希望是长着羽毛的东西,栖息在灵魂里。
A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.