I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

She looked around. "Oh, I've just got to hug somebody! You!" And she hugged Puck, the little ghost horse. "And you." She hugged Pook, and Peek, and even the nose of the moat monster. "But not you," she decided, encountering the zombie.

Every person professes to love good and hate evil, but in his actions his real preferences emerges.

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

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.

Barbarian --A Code of Conduct honored by all true barbarian warriors, requiring excellent coordination with weapons, closeness to nature, awkwardness with women, common sense, and completion of the mission.

I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all.