We came in the wind of the carnival. A wind of change, or promises. The merry wind, the magical wind, making March hares of everyone, tumbling blossoms and coat-tails and hats; rushing towards summer in a frenzy of exuberance.

I think if you are an outsider then you are an outsider always.

Divination is a means of telling ourselves what we already know.

As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.

I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.

...we do not simply get showered with Hollywood money because we happened to write a little story about wizards one day. It's not winning the lottery. It's a real job, which real people do, and they have the same real problems as other real people.

The right circumstances sometimes happen of their own accord, slyly, without fanfare, without warning. Layman's alchemy. . . . The magic of everyday things.