Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.

He was a great poet" They lamented. No, he was not a great poet," said Theo, "He was a good poet, he could have been better. That's the real loss don't you see?

For the deeds of a man, not the words of a prophecy, are what shape his destiny.

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

You know how chickens are, imagining the world coming to an end one moment, then pecking corn the next.

Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too.

I came to fantasy fairly late. For some ten years, I had been happily writing fiction and non-fiction for adults. But I always loved fantasy, whether for adults or young people; and at that particular point in my life, I wanted to try it, to understand it, as part of the process of learning to be a writer. The results were beyond anything I could have foreseen. As I've said often and elsewhere, it was the most creative and liberating experience of my life.