She tried to smile sympathetically, but with her face it wasn't quite possible.

I don't know anything!' Tim(Caleb) wailed. He'd never spoken a truer word in his life.

I'm not very good at creating worlds. I prefer to write about the world as it is.

It's funny how things work out sometimes.

I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.

Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.

If this is what you do to the winner, I'd hate to see how you treat the runner up.