Destiny isn't immutable. You can change your fate. But I'd say the only way to do it is with hard, intelligent work and long-term dedication to a goal.

People of different ethnicities are definitely not of differing species. Biologically speaking, people are people.

In Japan, it's strange to openly take credit for giving to charity or even to donate publicly.

I believe actual violence scars children much more than violence in storybooks.

I'd hasten to say that the prejudice in Dust City isn't completely analogous to racism in the real world.

Historical atrocities have certainly shown that dehumanizing any group is the first step toward genocide.

If some readers take away the idea that animals deserve better treatment in general, then I certainly won't argue.

I can't say I'm anything like a devoted animal rights activist, but I certainly oppose cruelty to animals.

I always hope that the artwork will complement and enrich a story.

Since I tend to write chronologically, the middle is always the place where the process is most taxing.

In medieval Europe, childbirth was a leading cause of death. So widowed fathers with children were quite common, meaning stepmothers were equally common.

Oh dear…then they must already be on the march! We have to hurry and get to the Hamblings…before nightfall!’ - Phillip Celeste from Curse of Ancient Shadows

Character displays "the weighty impatience of having to explain something that should already be understood.

The U.S. military is so far behind the rest of our society.

Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.

I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.

Life is a mask through which the universe expresses itself.

The poetic image exists apart from causality.

A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is that penetrating light which shines through the darkness of our lives.

Shame is quicksand on the path to soul.