There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.

I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command.

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.

During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.

That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.

When the nightcomes to break my heart, I think of you.

You can have, what wish for.

Chaos is not the lack of order, it is merely the absence of order, that the observer is used to.

You know what they call the guy who finishes last in medical school? They call him Doctor!

To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that's what the musical does best.

As the company scales, everybody is not going to get invited to every single meeting, but they're gonna want to go to every meeting.

Whatever kind of movie it is, youre going to be more into it when you care more about the drama, or youll have a better laugh if you feel like you know the people better.

Never fear another challenger, no matter how large; Never despise another challenger, no matter how small.

I love the training, love the competition, and I still feel like I'm progressing and getting better as a fighter.

The lady was old, the lady was ill. It didn't matter what the lady believed.