I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China and Liberia and England and Denmark and whatever, and I learned all the different flags and I tried to imagine what it would be like to be voyaging on some of these ships.

I prefer to work with grey characters rather than black and white.

It had been more of a wish, actually, but it sounded better to call it a dream.

My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls... And I really think that worked out pretty well for me.

All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it... though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces. (a servant in the House of Black and White)

Some doors are best left closed.

Dark wings, dark words.