In teaching writing, I'm learning new things about writing.

Guy Gavriel Kays Tigana is, in my opinion, one of the best, if not the best fantasy novel ever written. Its beautifully written, the characters are unforgettable, the worldbuilding is exquisite.

Guy Kay is probably my favorite and the writer I most want to emulate.

Writing about craft has forced me to think more about my own writing technique, and to break down my process in ways that have been enormously helpful to me.

I write every day for most of the work day, and I try to write 2,500 words per day... If I don't make it a routine and treat it like a job, I'd never get anything done.

I listen to instrumental jazz and bluegrass, but aside from my AM workout, I have no rituals.

The closer you can get to your setting and to primary sources, the more authentic your history is going to be.

As I write, invariably I encounter more questions and answer those as I go.

I love magic and playing with magic systems. But to me, good fantasy like all fiction comes down to good character and plotting.

Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it was mostly learn as you go.

The best writing advice I ever got was "Keep moving forward, don't retreat into rewrites." The worst came from a book that said "Writing fiction is like telling lies," which just seems stupid to me.

Sometimes I feel like we're a knot, too tangled to be taken apart.

Labor law violations are alive and well in the USA.

The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit.

For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.

I just write what I want to write.

I am still ready to shake hands with anyone who designs a better assault rifle than mine.

Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.

I can't see. I used to wear glasses off stage. Now I'm thinking of getting a pair of contract lenses.

India claimed to have intervened in Sri Lanka to secure Tamil interests. In actual fact, India came to secure its own interests.

We are in a world that is quite extremist and extremism makes more noise. Normality does not sell.