believe me. Sometimes when life looks to be at its grimmest, there's a light hidden at the heart of things. Clive Barker, Abarat

My wife loves written words ... you know, words that stick to parchment and paper like dead flies, and it seems my father felt the same - but I want to hear words! Remember that when you are looking for the right words: You must ask yourself what they SOUND like! Glowing with passion, dark with sorrow, sweet with love, that's what I want. - Cosimo

And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts.

Power. Intoxicating. Like a fine wine.

They're all cruel,' he said. 'The world I come from, the world you come from, and this one, too. Maybe the people don't see the cruelty in your world right away, it's better hidden, but it's there all the same.

I prefer a story that has the good sense to stay on the page where it belongs. - Elinor

In love - it sounded like a sickness without any cure, and wasn't that just how it sometimes felt?