When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer and up through Shakespeare and Milton, the most important themes to tackle are those of the mythopoeic domain, tales of the body and mind seen through a temperament and a cosmos divorced from current reality so what is said can be more clear.

But she has found real love, and love can heal and save.

Don't blame yourself, or worry. Neither does a bit of good.

You're talent, and we're the talent scouts.

Niko knew death like a sister - she was his true partner in the phenomenal world.

The meaning of life, Nikodemos, is to live life with meaning. The purpose of life is merely to live it, perhaps to give it.

Nothing powers hate better than embarrassment.