What I try to do for my readers is to pass on some of the things that I found out about being thirteen after doing it for forty years.

Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.

There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.

"Don't be afraid to make corrections," Picchu said. "Don't be afraid to lend a hand." She fell silent, seeming to think for a moment. "And don't look down."

But even in your world it’s a byword. Men will fight bravely and be heroes, but for last-ditch defense against any odds… get a Mother.

The Spear in the Other’s heart is the spear in your own: you are he.

Well, the rollout of new technology always affects how wizards do business.

A little science. A little magic. A little chicken soup.

Belief made no difference to the truth.

Those who don't know the mistakes of the past won't be able to enjoy it when they make them again in the future.

Footsteps in the snow suggest where you have been, point to where you were going: but when they suddenly vanish, never dismiss the possibility of flight.

To put it simply, the lizard brain is purely concerned with survival.

YOU CAN LEARN FROM THE FAILURES OF OTHERS AND YOU YOU CAN LEARN SUCCESSES OF OTHERS.

Love always hurts, Always. It’s what you do with it that makes it durable.

Artists shows us what we blind to.

Art is the triumph over chaos.

One essential object is to choose that arrangement which shall tend to reduce to a minimum the time necessary for completing the calculation.

The only work I did for the next five years after splitting from Vincent was work I'd already lined up.

Sincere composers believe in God.

The dream might have been more than a dream. It was as if a door in the wall of reality had come ajar... and now all sorts of unwelcome things were flying through.