Magic is wild, dangerous stuff. You never realize how useful limitations are until it's much too late.

Josh speculated about the hypothetical contents of an imaginary porn magazine for intelligent trees that would be entitled Enthouse.

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.

A novel with a bad middle is a bad book. A bad ending is something I've just gotten in the habit of forgiving.

If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.

A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength.

Being a writer can be isolating. It's good to be among readers and booksellers.