If I'm making myself laugh, I figure most of my readers will be amused as well.

Bullying is not okay. Period.

Like any child raised on tales of magical worlds beyond paintings and mirrors and wardrobes, I had yearned to enter Middle Earth, to reach through.

Every libromancer had a first book. Etched more sharply into my memory than my first kiss, this book had been my magical awakening.

If we ruled the world, I guarantee you they never would have cancelled Firefly

Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.

...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.

A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.

Any factual errors that remain are entirely the fault of Bob, who snuck into the offices at DAW to try to sabotage my book. I hate that guy.

I read more books for research purposes, whether its a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.

I have a day job, which means my family isnt dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it.

Education without the knowledge of the Holy One is the darkest doom.

there is no game in her smile. There is warmth and kindness and something that looks like steel. You can tell me anything, her eyes say, because I will see the beauty in everything you say.

Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun - if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.

There are too many steps in this castle, and it seems to me they add a few every night, just to vex me" - Maester Cressen

However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.

Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.

If you are capable of brushing your teeth in mindfulness, then you will be able to enjoy the time when you take a shower, cook your breakfast, sip your tea.

If it wasn't for the music bein' my outlet, I'd probably be hustlin', I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to go and get a nine-to-five, I never finished high school or none of that.

Like flossing, frequent engagement with a product, especially over a short period of time, increases the likelihood of forming new routines.

Apple is the only company in the world that has all of that under one roof. We can invent a complete a solution that works - and take responsibility for it.