Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.

How easy it is to think well of ourselves. Until the moment is upon us, we can never be certain.

Favorite books and authors while growing up - I'd need a book to list them all. For the sake of brevity: Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, Victor Hugo, world's mythology, the Arthurian legends. And the unabridged dictionary. And they're still my favorites. They get better each time I read them.

-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.

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

...Writings can be stolen, or changed, or used for evil purposes. But isn't the risk worth taking? The more people who share knowledge, the greater safeguard for it. Isn't there more danger in ignorance than knowledge?

Do you not believe that animals know grief and fear and pain? The world of men is not an easy one for them.