I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.

There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can't screw it up.

But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, 'There is something about you I cherish.

The world is much larger than I once dreamed, or perhaps my place in it is smaller than I once realized.

Life is problems. Living is solving problems.

Some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship.

Writing is hard work; its also the best job Ive ever had.