Something always happens. You still have to promise stuff anyway. If you have to work to make the promises true... it's like a spell. You have to say the words every time you want the results.

My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.

What I try to do for my readers is to pass on some of the things that I found out about being thirteen after doing it for forty years.

"Don't be afraid to make corrections," Picchu said. "Don't be afraid to lend a hand." She fell silent, seeming to think for a moment. "And don't look down."

There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.

Sometimes we do not hear the Whisperer even at her loudest because she speaks in our own voice, the one we most often discount.

So rage, proud Power: fail again! And see my blood teach Death to die!