We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

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.

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

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

Ever since human beings learned to talk to each other, we've been fascinated with storytelling of every kind. Blessed (or cursed) with insatiable curiosity, we have to know what happens next.

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.

-"He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful." -"It was stupid.