The book itself [The Thorn and The Blossom] is bound accordion-style: it has no spine, so it can open in either direction, and it's in a slipcase.

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.

When it's gone, you'll know what a gift love was. You'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

When others in doubt, your strong belief steers.

To see someone you love in so much pain—especially emotional pain that can’t be remedied—was the worst form of torture.

I still have your pocket watch, my dear father. Like me, it is broken, but stubborn, and still keeps going.

I always end up taking people that are morally ambiguous.

Let your work speak for you.Stay humble.And just DO the work.

My peers accept me and respect me, and that's enough.

I'm not Triple H, and I certainly am not John Cena.

That which you bestow freely and willingly will bring you all the happy luck that a grateful universe knows how to return.

The man who holds that every human right is secondary to his profit must now give way to the advocate of human welfare.