I wished I'd known weeks ago that we didn't have to be chaperoned. I remembered my old daydreams: the prince and I, alone together, cuddling and whispering... I probably would have wised up and brocken the engagement sooner.

Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now.

Governments will rise, and governments will fall, and man will do evil to man, and all we can do is turn our hearts to good.

Hope doesn't mean anything. ... Action's the only thing that counts.

I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.

Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place.

Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it.