We have reached the point where ignorance and neglect are the best we can hope for in a ruler.

The danger would be going back, or staying still. The only way out was through. The past was ruins, but the present was still in play.

She tortured everybody around her, but only because she was more tortured than anyone.

We have reached the point where ignorance and neglect are the best we can hope for in a ruler.

The new Web is a very different thing. It's a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter. Silicon Valley consultants call it Web 2.0, as if it were a new version of some old software. But it's really a revolution.

As a writer I'm more drawn to villains who are just slightly mad.

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