At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous plants, giant serpents, hostile centaurs, that sort of thing, purely routine --and I was beginning to get bored when at last the dusky towers of Castle Roogna hove into view.

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

Never thought I'd see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty.

Polishing: a useful lesson for the hopeful writer. You say your tormented prose doesn't read as well as mine? Neither does mine, at first!

All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.

Robert Jordan... is a lot of writer

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