Since I was a young girl, I always wanted to pursue law studies. I would have never imagined that my career would have taken a complete different route.
When I graduated, I promptly took a job in finance, making both my pre-med and poli-sci years essentially useless - or so I thought.
You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
I really wasn't planning on being a solo artist.
I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened.
Sometimes when you're creating something, it takes on a life of its own, and you can be surprised at how sad or dramatic it might get.
You think your life is going one way and then suddenly, you're on another track.
My decision to be a scientist was a bit of a drift really, more or less by default.
I did not consider that I would lead a literary life. I'd thought initially, as a young girl, that I would be a teacher, since I so admired many of my teachers. And though I loved writing, I did not ever think of myself as a writer.
