It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.

So, when people try to give you some book with a shiny round award on the cover, be kind and gracious, but tell them you don't read "fantasy," because you prefer stories that are real. Then come back here and continue your research on the cult of evil Librarians who secretly rule the world.

This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.

It's actually a rather romantic and dramatic story --- one I would eagerly tell you, except for the fact that I recently forgot it, based on it being far too long and having not enough decapitations.

God is the creator of all things, right? He is the force that dictates the laws of the universe, and is therefore the ultimate source of ethics. He is absolute morality... We claim to be doing good. But the Lord Ruler - as God - defines what is good. So by opposing him we're actually evil. But since he's doing the wrong thing, does evil actually count as good in this case?

War is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors d’oeuvres.

It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of their books