Arthuriana has become a genre in itself, more like TV soap opera where people think they know the characters. All that's fair enough, but it does remove the mythic power of the feminine and masculine principles. So I prefer it in its original form, even if you have to wade through Mallory's 'Le Morte d'Arthur' - people smashing people for pages and pages! It still has the resonances of myth about it, which makes it work for me. I don't want to know if Mordred led an unhappy childhood or not.

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

It's getting late. I must return to my ship or my men will think I've drowned and be celebrating.

Because I had sought to challenge Destiny, Destiny had taken vengeance.

The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.

Legends are best left as legends and attempts to make them real are rarely successful

Man may trust man, Prince Elric, but perhaps we'll never have a truly sane world until men learn to trust mankind. That would mean the death of magic, I think.