The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And that sucks. But when you’re confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up.

Writing a good query letter has very little to do with writing a good novel. But if you can't write the one, it makes it really hard to get the other published.

I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.

Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?

It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.

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

We try to spread the word about the charity by doing fun little stunts to catch people's attention. Like when Hank Green did a music video for us.