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

You're all so obsessed with other worlds, you're so convinced that this one is crap and everywhere else is great, but you've never bothered to figure out what's going on here!

I guess I was raised in a household with a lot of reverence for the physical sanctity of books. You didn't destroy books.

Maybe there's a sense that technology isn't necessarily the answer to a lot of our problems. Fantasy offers readers a less radically alienated world - a world where desires and feelings that normally are trapped inside your mind are made real in the form of magic.

It's an engrossing look at the way the flow of information shapes history-as well as a rare glimpse into the soul of the hardcore geek

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

It didn’t matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway home.