Keep out of this," Lucian said. "I'm not smiting anybody." "You're showing mercy." Catch-a-Tick nodded. "That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.

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.

I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.

If we nourish imagination, we nourish everything else.

All agreed that Quickset was the cleverest cat in the world. And, since Quickset had the same opinion, it was surely true.

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

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