I've never felt grounded because of my ancestry or my gender. I think until women get away from that they're not going to be great writers.

Acknowledge all man as fellow creation, but don't follow him.

My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath and go out and do laundry. Hang up sheets.

I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it.

I think its very important to not be afraid to experience joy in the middle of sorrow.

I've always had a desire to write something and capture people's imagination like Peter Pan had captured mine.

In the war of magic and religion, is magic ultimately the victor? Perhaps priest and magician were once one, but the priest, learning humility in the face of God, discarded the spell for prayer.