For his part, Blind Seer had no difficulty accepting idleness. A wolf proverb stated: “Hunt when hungry, sleep when not, for hunger always returns.

There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.

Well done, Sister," Blind Seer said. "I look forward to meeting this One above Ones. Now, you must make ready. I, of course, am already perfect.

The only thing I like about air travel is it gives me time to read.

The sad thing is that, for many writers of fantasy fiction, the inclusion of magic seems to mean that logical ramifications and real-world laws both go out the window.

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.

Where love is absent, violence is a glaring possibility. Introduce love into any situation and violence gradually evaporates.

You have to be emotionally attached to what you are doing.

After all, it's not every day a woman is given a kingdom of dreams.

Rightly onward, pursue your dreams.

There are very few comics that understand about exciting the crowd, and that's what I always prided myself on: giving a more confident macho attitude towards delivering material.

It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending.

I'm a big fan of the Mars Bar Diet. You don't eat the Mars bar, you stick it up your arse and let a rottweiler chase you home.

Dragons and bridges are very much something out of fairy tales and fantasy.

Slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations.