It's my opinion that if you're trying to tell a realistic story that centers around realistic characters, you can't help but touch on important issues. Those issues are what make us human.

This is how deeply rooted stories are, folks. We crave them before we can walk, and we start telling them before we can talk.

I have had a few gentlemen let me know they find my manly beardiness somewhat alluring. Never any ladies though.

Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing something down is a magical act.

I needed to let them know they couldn't hurt me. I've learned that the best way to stay safe is to make your enemies think you can't be hurt.

My mom once lost track of me at the zoo and when she found me I was lecturing a man about the difference between dromedary and Bactrian camels. I was about 3 1/2.

I'll string a fiddle with your guts and make you play it while I dance.