It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.

I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use your time well or you stop writing

Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.

[Fairy tales] are like a journey to the woods and the many ways you can get lost. Some people say it's not a good idea to read fairy tales to anyone under the age of eight because they are brutal and raw. When I was a kid I often felt that kids's books were speaking down to me, but I never felt that way about fairy tales. They are bloody and scary, but so is life.

Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away.

I love science fiction but especially his because it's so humane.

It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.