My values are not based on violence. My values are based on courage, which you see time and time again in my books. A warrior isn't somebody like Bruce Willis or Arnold Schwarzenegger. A warrior can be any age. A warrior is a person people look up to.

The advice I continually give to young writers is this, "Learn to paint pictures with words." Not just once upon a time, but ... In the long secret dust of ages, beneath a blue forgotten sky, where trade winds caress the sun bleached shores of unknown realms ... See, as much as there are words in poetry, there is a poetry in words. Use it, stay faithful to the path you have set your heart upon and follow it.

I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha!

He came with death held in his paw Which no rat born could face Oh woe to those who break the law Of Sunflash and his mace!

There is no greater evil than killing. I don't care whether they call it war or justice. Life is precious.

I am a people watcher and I have a very good memory.

Sometimes the gift of an inquisitive nature to the young can be greater than that of the wisdom which comes of age.