I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more.

When I started writing this, I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humorous, and continued from there.

One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.

One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs, or seem to seek them. Who are hypersensitive, self-critical, compulsive, workaholic, and above all survivors. We are not that way from perversity, and we cannot just relax and let it go. We’ve learned to cope in ways you never had to.

The biggest fool is the one who thinks he knows it all.

But one must go where one's road leads, even when it's a distressing road.

No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to thousands, there are many familiar aspects.