So far it's 43 books in 25 years.

I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the first book had not sold... doesn't bear thinking about, but I suppose we'd have made it work somehow.

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.

Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable).

But when you have order, you don't need Gods. When everything is well ordered and disciplined then nothing is unexpected. If you understand everything,' I said carefully, 'then there's no room left for magic. It's only when you're lost and frightened and in the dark that you call on the Gods, and they like us to call on them. It makes them feel powerful, and that's why they like us to live in chaos.

Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.

We all suffer from dreams