I always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a book coming out when it's supposed to.

I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback.

Each book will have a lot of cliffhangers, because I like that.

A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies

Every spare second I would write, somehow. On my lunch hour, too.

Over the years, I've trained myself to speak using the same language I would use if I were typing: meaning using full sentences in the way that paragraphs and scenes are arranged.

My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.

If you had an alien race that looked like insects, then they would build robots to look like themselves, not to look like people.

The real key is time management and being able to focus on what you need to, on using every available minute to accomplish something that needs to be done.

One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans... was to come to terms with was the fact that, hey, we may not be the center of the universe.

Wouldn't you like to have an augmented memory chip that you could plug into your head so you don't have to look everything up and remember everything?

The crimson leaf that blew past looked the twin of the one she'd picked up in the palace courtyard: a bloodied hand.

Libraries are place where one can find satisfaction through books by discovering more ideas

Don't lie to the girl of your life for the hoe of the night

Don't join the book burners!

The whole drama of the world is such tragedy that I am weary of the spectacle.

Even the longest hours come to an end.

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

Ken Bates is a football cretin.

If there were a button I could press, I would sacrifice myself without hesitating, if it meant millions of people would die.

Meditation is the way to individuality. It makes you a light unto yourself.