The truth doesn't always make a good story, does it?

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.

The process of learning is a nonstop orgy of wonderment.

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

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.

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

When I was 35 I realized that I was still thinking a lot about what it would be like to go to Narnia. To really go - not just in a daydream, or in a children's book, but what it would actually feel like, physically, psychologically, every other way. The idea was haunting me.