I’d heard you were dead.” "I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.

Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.

With his eyes and those hands there won't be a woman safe in all the world when he starts hunting after the ladies.' 'Courting, dear,' my father corrected gently. 'Semantics,' she shrugged.

There is nothing I can't do writing in Fantasy. I can have romance, I can have mystery, I can have drama, I can have good characters - I can have everything you can do in any other genre... plus a dragon.

It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.

For me, language is something that I've always loved. When I read, that's what I look for. When I write, that's what I strive for.

Owls are wise. They are careful and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness. That is why owls make poor heroes.