A bag of dragons buys a man's silence for a while, but a well-placed quarrel buys it forever.

Do dead man dream? The dead themselves are silent on the matter

I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces for fanzines, and I've written for Hollywood.

A hedge knight must hold tight to his pride. Without it, he was no more than a sellsword

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

We're all the heroes of our own stories. So, when I am inside the head of a character who would otherwise be considered a villain, I have a great deal of affection for that character and I'm trying to see the world and the events through their eyes.