And I'm not as young as I once was. At my age, I don't have time to be bored.

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.

Most people are blind to magic. They move thru a blank and empty world. They’re bored with their lives and there’s nothing they can do about it. They’re eaten alive by longing and they’re dead before they die.

I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians.' I only ever considered it a standalone.

It's a great thing when you feel that you recognize yourself, deeply and movingly, in a work of literature.

For just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else. It's here, and you'd better decide to enjoy it or you're going to be miserable wherever you go, for the rest of your life, forever.

You don't want to move toward some utopian literary situation where everybody's free of all conventions. That's ridiculous! Conventions are what you need. You have nothing to break down if you don't have conventions.