Listen to the way people talk. If your characters sound real the rest is easy.

I'm truly amazed at you, Garion," Polgara said. "I didn't think you had the faintest idea of how to speak a civilized language." "Thank you," he said, "I think.

The dullest man in the world is charming beyond belief when he's pouring gold coins from one hand to the other.

When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.

Someday I’d like to see something rise up out of the earth –just for the sake of variety.

Water....I'm thirsty not dirty.

I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine. I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey Chaucer or Sir Thomas Malory, but once I start moving in the direction of contemporary fantasy, my mind begins to take over.