. . . from what he knew about the Creatures of the Dark they wouldn't waste their time laying elaborate traps. They'd just eat someone.

Harrier twisted himself sideways on his saddle to stare at him [Tiercel]. 'You had a vision,' he said flaty. Yes. No. I don't know. I...Yes. No.

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.

I'm not a legend or a hero, I don't slay dragons, I don't do any of the things that a real hero can. But I can make things better, one day at a time, for most of the kingdom.

We're none of us quite so sure of our place in the world that we can't be rocked off our feet by bad times. It's the getting back up again that counts. Not that you fall, but getting back up again counts for more in the long run.

He isn't stupid, but his interests are so narrow I doubt I could slip a sheet of paper in between them

Three things never trust in- The maiden sworn as pure, The vows a king has given, And an ambush that is sure.