Obviously it could be, because it was.

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.

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

...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.

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

I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don't want any other type of fiction from me, so Xanth pays my way.

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.