To enjoy something fully, you had to own it.

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

It has been the dream of very few men to rule the entire world. - Dr. Grief

I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.

Sometimes it's the tiniest things that can mean the difference between life and death.

My favorite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.

Alex decided he’d had enough. He put down his knife. “All right,” he said. “You’ve made it pretty clear that you don’t want to work with me. Well, that’s fine. Because I don’t want to work with you either. And for what it’s worth, nobody would ever believe you were my mom because no mom would ever behave like you.” “Alex…,” Carver began. “Forget it! I’m going back to London. And if you’re Mr. Byrne asks why, you can tell him I didn’t like the jelly, so I went home to get some jam.