Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.

Madness ends sometimes. The Gods decree it, not man.

We don't build,' I said to my son, 'we just destroy.

Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but must be waged with a savage joy in defeating the enemy, and it is that savage joy that inspires our bards to write their greatest songs about love and war.

Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets.

Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.

Because there could not be peace, not while two tribes shared one land. One tribe must win. Even the nailed god cannot change that truth. And I was a warrior, and in a world at war the warrior must be cruel.