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

Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.

I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!

People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?

Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims

I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway

James Blish told me I had the worst case of "said bookism" (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me to limit the verbs to said, replied, asked, and answered and only when absolutely necessary.