I'm fortunate that the books sell, but even more fortunate to live in Chatham, to be very happily married and to have, on the whole, a fairly clear conscience.

We make children and wealth and amass land and build halls and assemble armies and give great feasts, but only one thing survives us. Reputation.

Television is a young person's medium.

The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic.

You know what circumcision is, Private?

I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face.

Life is a jest of the Gods and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh… or else you'll weep yourself to death.