Do you just want to get by? Or do you want to make me proud?

Over his own dark Cealdish beard. "Nothing like your marvelous facebear.

I'm not implying that fantasy is for kids. I'm saying that more and more people are finally realizing that there's more to fantasy stories than elves and wizards and goblin armies.

No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection.

But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.

I love worldbuilding. It's as much fun for me as writing itself. It's like a hobby of mine.

And if Hollywood has taught us anything, it's that cool props and special effects are not enough. Story comes first. Everything depends on story.