I'd studied 16th century science and magic. I thought it was strange that people were interested in the same kinds of things my research was about. The more I thought about it, the more intriguing it became and pretty soon I was writing a novel about a reluctant witch and a 1500-year-old vampire.
I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it.
I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all.