A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered.

Well,' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time.

Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.

Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.

The main plot line is simple: Getting your character to the foot of the tree, getting him up the tree, and then figuring out how to get him down again.

They [Fairy Tales] are talking about real emotions, telling true stories, through the medium of metaphor. People used to understand metaphor better than I think we do now. But these stories are so potent, they refuse to die.