It never struck me as interesting that I didn't go to school - we had our own little world. I always thought of kids who were going to regular school as if they're the others, the separate ones.

If you don't make a few ememies now and then, you're a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he was angry! - Angela to Eragon

Are you willing to die for what you believe in? The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough.

Basically, I would be happy with any profession where I got to be creative and make things.

You cannot miss what you have never had.

Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not have written 'Eragon' if I had gone into a public school system because I would have just been too busy attending classes and doing homework - I wouldn't have had the time to write.