Do you promise to hate my parents as much as I do?" "Oh, absolutely," Quentin said. "Maybe even more.

Fanfiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don't do it for money. That's not what it's about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They're fans, but they're not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language.

You didn’t get the quest you wanted, you got the one you could do.

I don't know if I've ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from 'Right Ho, Jeeves.' It was like I was Pac-Man and the book was a power-up.

It's an engrossing look at the way the flow of information shapes history-as well as a rare glimpse into the soul of the hardcore geek

Book tours are excellent things, and one is lucky to get to go on one, but they have a way of leeching away one's will to live.

Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.