I recognize that on paper, you can't really tell that I'm a fan or a nerd.

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

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

Supposedly I've got traces of an English accent, though I can't hear it. I must have inherited it from my mother, who's English, and then I think it was exacerbated by the fact that I live with an Australian.

Oddly, the meanings of books are defined for me much more by their beginnings and middles than they are by their endings.

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

The process of learning is a nonstop orgy of wonderment.