She has given you something of value: the truth in her heart.

Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.

There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.

Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.

Fantasy, in addition to being great storytelling, moves us at some unique and profound level. It has, I think, the power of mythology, or ancient dreams we have always and forever shared. In it, we find our real world and our real selves.

Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.

Forgive me....I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.