I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave

I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

If we talk about the glass being half empty or half full, I want to know what does the glass look like from underneath the table?

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

... have a smile for everyone you meet and a plan to kill them.

There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality.

If you steadfastly refused to quit, you rapidly narrowed your options to only winning.

Incredible brilliance often dwells on the razor's edge of madness.

There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot.

Al Qaeda doesn't abide by the Geneva Conventions, so in my opinion, they should not be afforded the protections of them.

I am indeed honored to call him my friend.

Any subject we exclude from fiction will drop from our culture's memory.

Launching a brand is not for those with thin skin. It takes courage, intelligence and foresight.

The argument holds no water at all, not even a thimbleful.

The enemy is at the gate. It is a question of life and death.

Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ himself.

In the morning, I reach for the sports page.

Fear is trusting in your own power.

Be willing to commit yourself to a course, perhaps a long and hard one, without being able to foresee exactly where you will come out.

The white moth to the closing vine, The bee to the open clover, And the Gypsy blood to the Gypsy blood Ever the wide world over.

Tortall and the Queens Riders!