I wished that the chains would break and the wind would sweep me up, up, up into the sky, beyond the clouds, beyond the sun and the moon, to some marvelous kingdom where no one ever changed and friends were friends for life.

A story comes to you; it isn't like you choose it. You have no real control.

I think Stephen King must be the most terrified person in the universe.

The rules are very strict.

I was a coward. I'm still such a coward.

I still have this deep-down fear that if I go poking into the bushes I might find a dead body.

I think more people now have relationships with agents than with editors. And I don't have an agent.