The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain.

Being brave was easy when you would rather die than give up.

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

We have lived too long. The great days are past.

I've stayed in houses that were in the country, and in England, but I'm still not sure that I've stayed in an English country house.

You're saying the gods don't have free will." "The power to make mistakes," Penny said. "Only we have that. Mortals

One already feels like an anachronism, writing novels in the age of what-ever-this-is-the-age-of, but touring to promote them feels doubly anachronistic. The marketplace is showing an increasing intolerance for the time-honored practice of printing information on paper and shipping it around the country.