Don't take anyone's writing advice too seriously.

His crush went from exciting to depressing, as if he'd gone from the first blush of infatuation to the terminal nostalgia of a former lover without even the temporary relief of an actual relationship in between.

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

I feel very conscious of my influences. T.H. White is very important for me.

I think for a long time, I was paralyzed by some of my hopes and ideals for what my life was going to be like. I had this perfect vision of how my life should go, but it seemed - it was - impossible to realize, so I sat around for a long, long time doing almost nothing at all.

The life I should be living had been mislaid through some clerical error by the cosmic bureaucracy.

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.