That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there.

I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens

But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.

I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime

I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale

How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can

What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.

Living is struggling to do something impossible; To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.

This Land Is Protected By Million’s Blood Bath, If Needed, We’ll Fight Again By Sipping The Death Bowl....

That's the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.

Be careful to your skill it might be kill it's makes you ill.

Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.

When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them.

I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.

God preserve me from idiots and men in love, which is the same thing.

Whatever comes, let's be content withal: Among God's blessings there is no one small.

My ideal, indeed, can be put into a few words, and that is: to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life.

Every time somebody has thought of relief for the farmer it has been to make it so he could borrow more money. What he needs is some way to pay back. Not some way to borrow more.