Do You Always Throw Your Money Away

Stories Had Always Been Told About Male Genies Coming Out Of Bottles, But They Were Usually Fat, Old Men. Never Had The Genie Been A Gorgeous Woman, So That Idea Really Appealed To Me, And I Created The Series Based On That Premise.

I Was Scared. Do You Know What It's Like To Hold Someone Else's Life In Your Hands? It's Like Playing God. Can You Think Of Anything Scarier Than That?

What I Do Is Put My Characters Into Situations That Are So Precarious There Is No Way To Get Out. And Then I Figure How To Get Them Out.

I Always Spend Time Exploring The Customs And Attitudes Of The Countries I'm Using For Locations, And Interviewing The People Who Live There. I've Visited Over 90 Countries Thus Far.

Because There Was A Hunger In Me To See Everything And Do Everything. I Wanted To Be Everyone I Saw. I Wasn't Enough For Me. Can You Understand That?