A female dragon’s tail is of the utmost importance to her. Male dragons find them irresistible. After all where do you think the term ‘Getting some tail’ came from?

Books are the only things worth stealing.

I've stolen books. They're the only thing worth taking that don't belong to you.

When I look at my bookcase and see the books upon the shelves, I think to myself, There is a God.

When I look at my bookcase and see one book after the other upon its shelves, I think to myself, There is a God.

Noontime was absolutely the perfect time for a duel in the dragon’s opinion as this was also lunchtime, his favorite part of the day. As the saying went, he could kill two birds with one stone.

The only thing more unpredictable than magic is language.

The key to having good scales is a healthy diet of venison when you’re just a wee dragon lad.

Dragons were notoriously finicky about whom they ate, and thought it the height of bad manners to be kept waiting by their selected fare.

You know you've written a good book when even the people who hate it admit it's entertaining.

When I look at my bookcase and see one book after the other lined up upon its shelves I think to myself, There is a God.

Tragedy of the Commons: while each person can agree that all would benefit from common restraint, the incentives of the individuals are arrayed against that outcome.

All men are alike when asleep.

I wanted to be a lawyer. I realized I don't really want to be a lawyer. I want to play a lawyer. Thank God I figured that out.

Now I'm trying to work outside first person. I do plan to write more books.

In order to succeed, you can't be afraid to fail. Just do it and don't let anybody tell you you can't.

People changing because they think they should is not a good idea, because I just don't think they should, really.

I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets.

One man pins me to the wall, while with another I walk among the stars

I really love clothes, but I think I have a style of my own which is quite eclectic.

I definitely lived my life like I wasn't in the public eye.