I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.

This isn't the first time the world has come to an end, and it won't be the last either.

Was it my fault that I got out of hand? --Loki

Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's part of what makes us who we are.

Places have their own characters. . . . But the people begin to look the same.

I've nothing against kids reading anything they please, but I do have a problem with pink books for girls and black books for boys.

One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes more real than the view from our bedroom window. Fictional people can sometimes become as close to us as our loved ones.