I wish magic was more dramatic

It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.

Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.

If I were omnipotent and omnibenevolent I wouldn't be so damn ineffable.

If you love books enough, books will love you back.

I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.

You can't do magic with books unless they're very special copies.

One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you'd never have thought about before.

magic can make things happen before you do it. It can make things have happened.

You can never be sure where you are with magic.

Magic isn’t inherently evil. But it does seem to be terribly bad for people.

A piece of art only succeeds when it's creator...possesses the belief that brings it into being

...they want us to pretend that we see the world as they pretend they see it. They need some sort of sanction from us.

In any story where solutions to mysteries are found, there should always be at least one mystery which remains unsolved.

The division of labour was limited by the extent of the market

Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better

Words are what created our world. Words are what keep it going.

....nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.

I still have trouble identifying grammatical structures by name, though I know them as matters of usage.

I put everything in that last lap, it was very emotional when I crossed the line. It was all I had, I gave it all.

I know a lot of people think it's monotonous, down the black lines over and over, but it's not if you're enjoying what you're doing. I love to swim and I love to train.