Of course it doesn't make sense." Lady Wendall said. "The rules of society rarely do.

That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.

I loved getting my M. B. A., and I really enjoyed being an accountant and financial analyst before I quit my day job twenty-five years ago to write full time. I just liked writing more…plus, I knew even then that as a full-time writer, I'd get plenty of chances to do business-type stuff, while as an accountant, I probably wouldn't get a lot of opportunities to write about dragons.

Always be polite to a dragon. It's harder than it sounds. Dragon etiquette is incredibly complicated, and if you make a mistake, the dragon eats you.

Of course it doesn't make sense." Lady Wendall said. "The rules of society rarely do.

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

How can you know it's the best, if you don't learn about anything else?