Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.

For me the really cool parts of being an author don't have anything to do with getting onto a bestseller list.

After a certain point is reached the numbers cease to matter, and all that remains is the faceless mass of a crowd.

There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth." Vashet smiled lazily. "And if the pursuit of the truth was my goal, that would concern me." She gave a long yawn, stretching like a happy cat. "Instead I will focus on the joy in my heart, [...}

All stories are true," Skarpi said. "But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.

Stories only happen to people who can tell them.

The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most of the kinks long before they were published.