You know people don't get better as we get older- we just get more of who we are.

I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.

May this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the world.

Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.

Fear's greatest weapon is its ability to blind one to anything. In its presence, we forget there are others to consider, things to save besides ourselves.

In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic.

The problem with waiting for someone, whether that wait is an hour or a lifetime, is everyone's 'clock' is different. So what you might consider forever is only a little while to them, or vice versa.