I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field, I realized that what intrigued me was not the science, not the chemistry or biology of medicine, but the narrative - the story of each patient, each illness.

Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world.

He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.

You eat canned tuna fish and you absorb protein. Then, if you're lucky, someone give you Dover Sole and you experience nourishment. It's the same with books.

I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers.

It's the choosing that's important, isn't it?

You will fail. Then they will kill you." - Vandara to Kira, following Kira's trial.