Nature inspires me continually. Today, I can look out my window and see the entire world covered with snow. It's like Narnia under the White Witch.

Accept criticism. If you do not offer your work for criticism and accept that criticism, meaning give it serious thought and attention, then you will never improve.

What writers do - everything comes from inside, from experiences of the world that we have digested. And then we turn it into silk, or stories.

If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is to become wonderful. To become the best writer you can possibly be.

I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it.

The only thing worth thinking about, when I write a story, is whether I like it, whether I want to write it, whether it excites me.

The appeal of writing a romance was that I'd never written one before the The Thorn and The Blossom.

I loved writing something I'd never written before, and I wanted to write not just about "true love" but also a human relationship.

I actually pushed the boundaries on how long a book like this [The Thorn and the Blossom] can be. The original plan called for two 7,500 word stories, and I turned in two 10,000 word stories.

I've heard some readers saying they wished the story was longer, and I completely understand that desire - we all like to sink into a nice, long novel.

It's appropriate to have magic in a love story, because magic is a sort of metaphor for what love feels like? When we fall in love, the world feels magical to us. It becomes an enchanted place.

Come here, cat. You wouldn’t want to destroy the space-time continuum, would you? Meow. Meow.

You mustn't underestimate an audience's intelligence.

I just love cars I've been like that since I was a kid. It's an infatuation because we grew up poor. Cars was something we were always trying to get.

Smart people don't learn... because they have too much invested in proving what they know and avoiding being seen as not knowing.

Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous; there's really nothing to lose.

A mind that practices love cannot love.

There's no point whining about missed opportunities.

Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we'll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end.

Bring me the head of Elton John . . . which is one instance in which meat would not be murder, if it were served on a plate.

I think I'm passionately allowing myself to be influenced by the things that are around me.