People - me included - want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.

How often have I met and disliked writers whose books I love; and conversely, hated the books and then wound up liking the writer? Too often.

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

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

I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.

It's wonderful to play around with fantasy, because there are an amazing number of as-yet-unbroken rules out there.

I love playing with the conventions of fantasy, and breaking rules, and crossing lines.