As sure as water's wet and days are long and a friend will always disappoint you in the end.

You can't just boss bacteria around like that," said the younger Mrs. Hempstock. "They don't like it." "Stuff and silliness," said the old lady. "You leave wigglers alone and they'll be carrying on like anything. Show them who's boss and they can't do enough for you. You've tasted my cheese.

My theory on genre is that while there are people out there who believe that genre tells people what to read, actually I believe that genre exists as a marketing tool to tell you what to avoid.

Some of the things are the same no matter which world you're in, kid. One of 'em is this: The quickest way out of something is usually straight through it.

The only people I ever get irritated with are the ones who announce, using my Twitter handle, that they are no longer following me and why.

On the whole, stories don't write themselves.

If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.