Hard work should be rewarded by good food.

I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it.

There is a real connection between Philosopy and fiction.

But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us.

One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique.

You never know," Jack said speculatively. "There may come a time when savages like William Hamleigh aren't in power; when the laws protect the ordinary people instead of enslaving them; when the king makes peace instead of war. Think of that - a time when towns in England don't need walls!

I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery and never met any women, maybe it would be difficult.