I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing.

The writer of good will carries a lamp to illuminate the dark corners.

My female protagonist will not be this promiscuous, beautiful, dark-haired, thin lady. It will be a plump, blond, healer and so forth.

You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found.

The source of my difficulties has always been the same: an inability to accept what to others seems natural, and an irresistible tendency to voice opinions no one wants to hear . . .

Seated by her side in the narrow cabin, pressing cold compresses to her forehead and holding her while she vomited, he felt profoundly happy.

There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.